diff --git a/ddtrace.gemspec b/ddtrace.gemspec
index c61bb3f5ec2..18bd0b8e0b7 100644
--- a/ddtrace.gemspec
+++ b/ddtrace.gemspec
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   # Used by profiling (and possibly others in the future)
   # When updating the version here, please also update the version in `native_extension_helpers.rb` (and yes we have a test for it)
-  spec.add_dependency 'libdatadog', '~> 1.0.1.1.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'libdatadog', '~> 2.0.0.1.0'
 
   spec.extensions = ['ext/ddtrace_profiling_native_extension/extconf.rb', 'ext/ddtrace_profiling_loader/extconf.rb']
 end
diff --git a/ext/ddtrace_profiling_native_extension/native_extension_helpers.rb b/ext/ddtrace_profiling_native_extension/native_extension_helpers.rb
index b699cee1bb8..e1d47b1198b 100644
--- a/ext/ddtrace_profiling_native_extension/native_extension_helpers.rb
+++ b/ext/ddtrace_profiling_native_extension/native_extension_helpers.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module NativeExtensionHelpers
       # Older Rubies don't have the MJIT header, used by the JIT compiler, so we need to use a different approach
       CAN_USE_MJIT_HEADER = RUBY_VERSION >= '2.6'
 
-      LIBDATADOG_VERSION = '~> 1.0.1.1.0'
+      LIBDATADOG_VERSION = '~> 2.0.0.1.0'
 
       def self.fail_install_if_missing_extension?
         ENV[ENV_FAIL_INSTALL_IF_MISSING_EXTENSION].to_s.strip.downcase == 'true'