diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c3bd088bb3..6d6d371c8c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 
+2.0-beta-pre | 2011-10-26 17:25:25 -0700
+
+  * Release 2.0-beta-pre.
+
+1.6-dev-1508 | 2011-10-26 17:24:50 -0700
+
+  * Updating submodule(s). (Robin Sommer)
+
 1.6-dev-1507 | 2011-10-26 15:10:18 -0700
 
   * Baseline updates. (Robin Sommer)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1240d2f8ec..0cfd5a6adb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6-dev-1507
+2.0-beta-pre
diff --git a/aux/bro-aux b/aux/bro-aux
index 30d59813ad..93c757b35a 160000
--- a/aux/bro-aux
+++ b/aux/bro-aux
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 30d59813ada9294867b89b7f335ef52651be683d
+Subproject commit 93c757b35ac189ed89ac0da735fef711f0183035