diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8e5519beaa0..ddab4ac4255 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ language: go
 branches:
   only:
     - master
+    - release-v2.0
 
 go: 1.12.x
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 46cacf91d0c..871dc94550e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 CONTAINER_CMD?=docker
 
 CSI_IMAGE_NAME=$(if $(ENV_CSI_IMAGE_NAME),$(ENV_CSI_IMAGE_NAME),quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi)
-CSI_IMAGE_VERSION=$(if $(ENV_CSI_IMAGE_VERSION),$(ENV_CSI_IMAGE_VERSION),canary)
+CSI_IMAGE_VERSION=$(if $(ENV_CSI_IMAGE_VERSION),$(ENV_CSI_IMAGE_VERSION),v2.0.0)
 CSI_IMAGE=$(CSI_IMAGE_NAME):$(CSI_IMAGE_VERSION)
 
 $(info cephcsi image settings: $(CSI_IMAGE_NAME) version $(CSI_IMAGE_VERSION))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 47879767ae0..91b510eb3ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ in the Kubernetes documentation.
 | Ceph CSI Release/Branch | Container image name         | Image Tag |
 | ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | --------- |
 | Master (Branch)         | quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi      | canary    |
+| v2.0.0 (Release)        | quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi      | v2.0.0    |
 | v1.2.2 (Release)        | quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi      | v1.2.2    |
 | v1.2.1 (Release)        | quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi      | v1.2.1    |
 | v1.2.0 (Release)        | quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi      | v1.2.0    |
diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/Chart.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/Chart.yaml
index 8539236fbd8..8fb0819270c 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
-appVersion: canary
+appVersion: v2.0.0
 description: "Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver,
 provisioner, and attacher for Ceph cephfs"
 name: ceph-csi-cephfs
-version: 1.3.0-canary
+version: 2.0.0-canary
 keywords:
   - ceph
   - cephfs
diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml
index b6397ec5937..36bd6e2dd62 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/values.yaml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ nodeplugin:
   plugin:
     image:
       repository: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi
-      tag: canary
+      tag: v2.0.0
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
     resources: {}
 
diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/Chart.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/Chart.yaml
index 1e92dbf52d0..45cd91a158b 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
-appVersion: canary
+appVersion: v2.0.0
 description: "Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver,
 provisioner, snapshotter, and attacher for Ceph RBD"
 name: ceph-csi-rbd
-version: 1.3.0-canary
+version: 2.0.0-canary
 keywords:
   - ceph
   - rbd
diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml
index a1bc7e05e7e..f098862a3d7 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/values.yaml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ nodeplugin:
   plugin:
     image:
       repository: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi
-      tag: canary
+      tag: 2.0.0
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
     resources: {}
 
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index f9f49308f63..d54a443b74b 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ build_push_images() {
 	done
 }
 
-if [ "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" == 'master' ]; then
-	export ENV_CSI_IMAGE_VERSION='canary'
+if [ "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" == 'release-v2.0' ]; then
+	export ENV_CSI_IMAGE_VERSION='v2.0.0'
 else
 	echo "!!! Branch ${TRAVIS_BRANCH} is not a deployable branch; exiting"
 	exit 0 # Exiting 0 so that this isn't marked as failing
diff --git a/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml b/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml
index 1989bd9e80c..01940b365f3 100644
--- a/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml
+++ b/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner.yaml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ spec:
             capabilities:
               add: ["SYS_ADMIN"]
           # for stable functionality replace canary with latest release version
-          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:canary
+          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v2.0.0
           args:
             - "--nodeid=$(NODE_ID)"
             - "--type=cephfs"
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ spec:
             - name: keys-tmp-dir
               mountPath: /tmp/csi/keys
         - name: liveness-prometheus
-          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:canary
+          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v2.0.0
           args:
             - "--type=liveness"
             - "--endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)"
diff --git a/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin.yaml b/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin.yaml
index 74e685c8f9e..bdb9133ca4b 100644
--- a/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin.yaml
+++ b/deploy/cephfs/kubernetes/csi-cephfsplugin.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ spec:
               add: ["SYS_ADMIN"]
             allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
           # for stable functionality replace canary with latest release version
-          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:canary
+          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v2.0.0
           args:
             - "--nodeid=$(NODE_ID)"
             - "--type=cephfs"
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ spec:
         - name: liveness-prometheus
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
-          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:canary
+          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v2.0.0
           args:
             - "--type=liveness"
             - "--endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)"
diff --git a/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml b/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml
index 0ba1477bf37..7781c93fb6e 100644
--- a/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml
+++ b/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin-provisioner.yaml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ spec:
             capabilities:
               add: ["SYS_ADMIN"]
           # for stable functionality replace canary with latest release version
-          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:canary
+          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v2.0.0
           args:
             - "--nodeid=$(NODE_ID)"
             - "--type=rbd"
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ spec:
             - name: keys-tmp-dir
               mountPath: /tmp/csi/keys
         - name: liveness-prometheus
-          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:canary
+          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v2.0.0
           args:
             - "--type=liveness"
             - "--endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)"
diff --git a/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin.yaml b/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin.yaml
index eee7fb07a6f..b19895d8957 100644
--- a/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin.yaml
+++ b/deploy/rbd/kubernetes/csi-rbdplugin.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
               add: ["SYS_ADMIN"]
             allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
           # for stable functionality replace canary with latest release version
-          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:canary
+          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v2.0.0
           args:
             - "--nodeid=$(NODE_ID)"
             - "--type=rbd"
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ spec:
         - name: liveness-prometheus
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
-          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:canary
+          image: quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v2.0.0
           args:
             - "--type=liveness"
             - "--endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)"
diff --git a/scripts/minikube.sh b/scripts/minikube.sh
index 925e3873b84..a5f43946cb3 100755
--- a/scripts/minikube.sh
+++ b/scripts/minikube.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ teardown-rook)
     ;;
 cephcsi)
     echo "copying the cephcsi image"
-    copy_image_to_cluster "${CEPHCSI_IMAGE_REPO}"/cephcsi:canary "${CEPHCSI_IMAGE_REPO}"/cephcsi:canary
+    copy_image_to_cluster "${CEPHCSI_IMAGE_REPO}"/cephcsi:v2.0.0 "${CEPHCSI_IMAGE_REPO}"/cephcsi:v2.0.0
     ;;
 k8s-sidecar)
     echo "copying the kubernetes sidecar images"