diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/build.gradle b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/build.gradle
index 85283ce31..2d74e3d5e 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "net.cozic.joplin"
         minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
-		versionCode 2097631
-		versionName "2.0.0"
+		versionCode 2097632
+		versionName "2.0.1"
 		ndk {
 			abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
 		}
diff --git a/packages/tools/release-android.ts b/packages/tools/release-android.ts
index 09bbb3130..b73d95ca4 100644
--- a/packages/tools/release-android.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/release-android.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { execCommandVerbose, execCommandWithPipes, githubRelease, githubOauthToken, fileExists, completeReleaseWithChangelog } from './tool-utils';
+import { execCommandVerbose, execCommandWithPipes, githubRelease, githubOauthToken, fileExists, gitPullTry, completeReleaseWithChangelog } from './tool-utils';
 const path = require('path');
 const fetch = require('node-fetch');
 const uriTemplate = require('uri-template');
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ async function main() {
 
 	if (!['release', 'prerelease'].includes(argv.type)) throw new Error('Must specify release type. Either --type=release or --type=prerelease');
 
+	await gitPullTry(false);
+
 	const isPreRelease = argv.type === 'prerelease';
 
 	if (isPreRelease) console.info('Creating pre-release');