diff --git a/bin/offlineimap b/bin/offlineimap
index e833df3..03700ca 100755
--- a/bin/offlineimap
+++ b/bin/offlineimap
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 
 from offlineimap import init
-init.startup('6.1.2')
+init.startup('6.2.0')
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 09a8212..89836ae 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+offlineimap (6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * FIX: Removed imaplib2 entirely.  It was the cause of numerous
+    crash/hang bugs.
+  * REMOVAL: IDLE support had to be removed because it depended on
+    imaplib2.
+
+ -- John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:40:31 -0500
+
 offlineimap (6.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Applied patch from Peter Colberg to remove usage of hard linking.
diff --git a/offlineimap.py b/offlineimap.py
index fb19671..e8684e4 100755
--- a/offlineimap.py
+++ b/offlineimap.py
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
 from offlineimap import init
-init.startup('6.1.2')
+init.startup('6.2.0')
diff --git a/offlineimap/version.py b/offlineimap/version.py
index 2241245..6ae95fc 100644
--- a/offlineimap/version.py
+++ b/offlineimap/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 productname = 'OfflineIMAP'
-versionstr = "6.1.2"
+versionstr = "6.2.0"
 
 versionlist = versionstr.split(".")
 major = versionlist[0]