diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 6d4d61a3e..36f21c2b1 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+2.0.1 / 2017-05-09
+===================
+
+(following socket.io version bump)
+
 2.0.0 / 2017-05-09
 ===================
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1f5e0827b..0c4994d08 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "socket.io-client",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "keywords": [
     "realtime",
     "framework",
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "imports-loader": "^0.7.1",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
     "mocha": "^3.3.0",
-    "socket.io": "2.0.0",
+    "socket.io": "2.0.1",
     "strip-loader": "0.1.2",
     "text-blob-builder": "0.0.1",
     "webpack-stream": "3.2.0",