diff --git a/examples/downloads/index.js b/examples/downloads/index.js
index 5e48ac3970..c47dddd738 100644
--- a/examples/downloads/index.js
+++ b/examples/downloads/index.js
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ app.get('/', function(req, res){
 
 // /files/* is accessed via req.params[0]
 // but here we name it :file
-app.get('/files/:file+', function (req, res, next) {
-  res.download(req.params.file, { root: FILES_DIR }, function (err) {
+app.get('/files/*file', function (req, res, next) {
+  res.download(req.params.file.join('/'), { root: FILES_DIR }, function (err) {
     if (!err) return; // file sent
     if (err.status !== 404) return next(err); // non-404 error
     // file for download not found
diff --git a/examples/resource/index.js b/examples/resource/index.js
index ff1f6fe11f..627ab24c5a 100644
--- a/examples/resource/index.js
+++ b/examples/resource/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var app = module.exports = express();
 
 app.resource = function(path, obj) {
   this.get(path, obj.index);
-  this.get(path + '/:a..:b.:format?', function(req, res){
+  this.get(path + '/:a..:b{.:format}', function(req, res){
     var a = parseInt(req.params.a, 10);
     var b = parseInt(req.params.b, 10);
     var format = req.params.format;
diff --git a/examples/route-separation/index.js b/examples/route-separation/index.js
index 5d48381111..a471a4b091 100644
--- a/examples/route-separation/index.js
+++ b/examples/route-separation/index.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ app.get('/', site.index);
 // User
 
 app.get('/users', user.list);
-app.all('/user/:id/:op?', user.load);
+app.all('/user/:id{/:op}', user.load);
 app.get('/user/:id', user.view);
 app.get('/user/:id/view', user.view);
 app.get('/user/:id/edit', user.edit);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 146369258b..d7600267ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "proxy-addr": "~2.0.7",
     "qs": "6.13.0",
     "range-parser": "~1.2.1",
-    "router": "2.0.0-beta.2",
+    "router": "^2.0.0",
     "safe-buffer": "5.2.1",
     "send": "^1.0.0",
     "serve-static": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/test/app.all.js b/test/app.all.js
index 185a8332fe..e4afca7d73 100644
--- a/test/app.all.js
+++ b/test/app.all.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('app.all()', function(){
     var app = express()
       , n = 0;
 
-    app.all('/*', function(req, res, next){
+    app.all('/*splat', function(req, res, next){
       if (n++) return done(new Error('DELETE called several times'));
       next();
     });
diff --git a/test/app.router.js b/test/app.router.js
index d6f3edf1ab..7961aa348d 100644
--- a/test/app.router.js
+++ b/test/app.router.js
@@ -316,12 +316,12 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
       var app = express();
       var router = new express.Router({ mergeParams: true });
 
-      router.get('/(.*).(.*)', function (req, res) {
+      router.get(/^\/(.*)\.(.*)/, function (req, res) {
         var keys = Object.keys(req.params).sort();
         res.send(keys.map(function(k){ return [k, req.params[k]] }));
       });
 
-      app.use('/user/id:(\\d+)', router);
+      app.use(/^\/user\/id:(\d+)/, router);
 
       request(app)
       .get('/user/id:10/profile.json')
@@ -332,12 +332,12 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
       var app = express();
       var router = new express.Router({ mergeParams: true });
 
-      router.get('/(.*)', function (req, res) {
+      router.get(/\/(.*)/, function (req, res) {
         var keys = Object.keys(req.params).sort();
         res.send(keys.map(function(k){ return [k, req.params[k]] }));
       });
 
-      app.use('/user/id:(\\d+)/name:(\\w+)', router);
+      app.use(/^\/user\/id:(\d+)\/name:(\w+)/, router);
 
       request(app)
       .get('/user/id:10/name:tj/profile')
@@ -348,12 +348,12 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
       var app = express();
       var router = new express.Router({ mergeParams: true });
 
-      router.get('/name:(\\w+)', function(req, res){
+      router.get(/\/name:(\w+)/, function(req, res){
         var keys = Object.keys(req.params).sort();
         res.send(keys.map(function(k){ return [k, req.params[k]] }));
       });
 
-      app.use('/user/id:(\\d+)', router);
+      app.use(/\/user\/id:(\d+)/, router);
 
       request(app)
       .get('/user/id:10/name:tj')
@@ -383,11 +383,11 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
       var app = express();
       var router = new express.Router({ mergeParams: true });
 
-      router.get('/user:(\\w+)/*', function (req, res, next) {
+      router.get(/\/user:(\w+)\//, function (req, res, next) {
         next();
       });
 
-      app.use('/user/id:(\\d+)', function (req, res, next) {
+      app.use(/\/user\/id:(\d+)/, function (req, res, next) {
         router(req, res, function (err) {
           var keys = Object.keys(req.params).sort();
           res.send(keys.map(function(k){ return [k, req.params[k]] }));
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
       var app = express();
       var cb = after(2, done);
 
-      app.get('/user(s?)/:user/:op', function(req, res){
-        res.end(req.params.op + 'ing ' + req.params.user + (req.params[0] ? ' (old)' : ''));
+      app.get('/user{s}/:user/:op', function(req, res){
+        res.end(req.params.op + 'ing ' + req.params.user + (req.url.startsWith('/users') ? ' (old)' : ''));
       });
 
       request(app)
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
     it('should denote an optional capture group', function(done){
       var app = express();
 
-      app.get('/user/:user/:op?', function(req, res){
+      app.get('/user/:user{/:op}', function(req, res){
         var op = req.params.op || 'view';
         res.end(op + 'ing ' + req.params.user);
       });
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
     it('should populate the capture group', function(done){
       var app = express();
 
-      app.get('/user/:user/:op?', function(req, res){
+      app.get('/user/:user{/:op}', function(req, res){
         var op = req.params.op || 'view';
         res.end(op + 'ing ' + req.params.user);
       });
@@ -685,8 +685,8 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
     it('should match one segment', function (done) {
       var app = express()
 
-      app.get('/user/:user*', function (req, res) {
-        res.end(req.params.user)
+      app.get('/user/*user', function (req, res) {
+        res.end(req.params.user[0])
       })
 
       request(app)
@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
     it('should match many segments', function (done) {
       var app = express()
 
-      app.get('/user/:user*', function (req, res) {
-        res.end(req.params.user)
+      app.get('/user/*user', function (req, res) {
+        res.end(req.params.user.join('/'))
       })
 
       request(app)
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
     it('should match zero segments', function (done) {
       var app = express()
 
-      app.get('/user/:user*', function (req, res) {
+      app.get('/user{/*user}', function (req, res) {
         res.end(req.params.user)
       })
 
@@ -723,8 +723,8 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
     it('should match one segment', function (done) {
       var app = express()
 
-      app.get('/user/:user+', function (req, res) {
-        res.end(req.params.user)
+      app.get('/user/*user', function (req, res) {
+        res.end(req.params.user[0])
       })
 
       request(app)
@@ -735,8 +735,8 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
     it('should match many segments', function (done) {
       var app = express()
 
-      app.get('/user/:user+', function (req, res) {
-        res.end(req.params.user)
+      app.get('/user/*user', function (req, res) {
+        res.end(req.params.user.join('/'))
       })
 
       request(app)
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
     it('should not match zero segments', function (done) {
       var app = express()
 
-      app.get('/user/:user+', function (req, res) {
+      app.get('/user/*user', function (req, res) {
         res.end(req.params.user)
       })
 
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
       var app = express();
       var cb = after(2, done)
 
-      app.get('/:name.:format?', function(req, res){
+      app.get('/:name{.:format}', function(req, res){
         res.end(req.params.name + ' as ' + (req.params.format || 'html'));
       });
 
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
       var app = express()
         , calls = [];
 
-      app.get('/foo/:bar?', function(req, res, next){
+      app.get('/foo{/:bar}', function(req, res, next){
         calls.push('/foo/:bar?');
         next();
       });
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
       var app = express()
         , calls = [];
 
-      app.get('/foo/:bar?', function(req, res, next){
+      app.get('/foo{/:bar}', function(req, res, next){
         calls.push('/foo/:bar?');
         next();
       });
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
     var app = express();
     var path = [];
 
-    app.get('/:path+', function (req, res, next) {
+    app.get('/*path', function (req, res, next) {
       path.push(0);
       next();
     });
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
       next();
     });
 
-    app.get('/(.*)', function (req, res, next) {
+    app.get('/*splat', function (req, res, next) {
       path.push(4);
       next();
     });
diff --git a/test/req.route.js b/test/req.route.js
index 6c17fbb1c8..9bd7ed923b 100644
--- a/test/req.route.js
+++ b/test/req.route.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe('req', function(){
     it('should be the executed Route', function(done){
       var app = express();
 
-      app.get('/user/:id/:op?', function(req, res, next){
+      app.get('/user/:id{/:op}', function(req, res, next){
         res.header('path-1', req.route.path)
         next();
       });
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('req', function(){
 
       request(app)
         .get('/user/12/edit')
-        .expect('path-1', '/user/:id/:op?')
+        .expect('path-1', '/user/:id{/:op}')
         .expect('path-2', '/user/:id/edit')
         .expect(200, done)
     })