diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 466df71..2be9c43 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0"
+  ".": "0.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..382f705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.2.0](https://github.com/bluegardenproject/github-butler/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0) (2026-05-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* bootstrap ci, release-please pipeline, and dev workflow ([6b3ae2b](https://github.com/bluegardenproject/github-butler/commit/6b3ae2bbfa3b362e2081e81cbb68f3ef93b7905e))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* initialize repository ([b887b29](https://github.com/bluegardenproject/github-butler/commit/b887b29f3c71f552ceeef0eb5e86a74147860b5a))
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6e178df..e1b16da 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 // Release Please bumps this on every release via the `extra-files`
 // entry in release-please-config.json, so the in-tree default also
 // matches the latest tagged release between rebuilds.
-var Version = "0.1.0" // x-release-please-version
+var Version = "0.2.0" // x-release-please-version
 
 // BuildTime is the UTC timestamp the binary was built at, set via:
 //