diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1425bb53..aa28866a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Added
 
 ### Changed
+
+## [2.0.0] = 2024-10-23
+Changed:
 - Removed Python 3.6 support
 - Updated dependencies and library for Python 3.9 to 3.11 support
 - Moved CI and testing to GitHub Actions
@@ -20,11 +23,11 @@ Changed:
 - Updated data_set_features to use correct sweep feature extractor detection parameters based on StimulusType
 
 ## [1.0.6] = 2022-6-29
-Changed: 
+Changed:
 - Stop IPFX from caching its NWB Schemas when writing/modifying NWB files
 
 ## [1.0.5] = 2021-12-13
-Bug fixes: 
+Bug fixes:
 - Converts nwb_version attribute to string if it is in utf-8 encoded bytes.
 
 ## [1.0.4] = 2021-07-29
diff --git a/RELEASE_INSTRUCTIONS.md b/RELEASE_INSTRUCTIONS.md
index 74345637..486fad5d 100644
--- a/RELEASE_INSTRUCTIONS.md
+++ b/RELEASE_INSTRUCTIONS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 ### When you are ready to release:
-Once the development branch has acquired enough features for a release 
+Once the development branch has acquired enough features for a release
 or a predetermined release date is approaching
 
+## GitHub
+
 - [ ] Assign a developer to be responsible for the release deployment
 - [ ] Create a release branch from dev
 - [ ] Create a draft pull request for the release
@@ -10,22 +12,23 @@ or a predetermined release date is approaching
 - [ ] Prepare the official release commit
   - [ ] Bump version in the version.txt
   - [ ] Move changes from the "Unreleased" section to the proper sections in the CHANGELOG.md
+  - [ ] Confirm all GitHub Actions tests pass
   - [ ] Change the draft to pull request to "ready for review"
   - [ ] Code Review with the Project Owner
   - [ ] When it is ready, merge into the master branch; this will generate a merge commit, and this commit will be the official release commit.
-- [ ] Confirm that this official release commit passes all continuous integration:
-  - [ ] [Build Plan](http://bamboo.corp.alleninstitute.org/browse/IFR-AAG)
 - [ ] Create a Release: https://github.com/AllenInstitute/ipfx/releases <"Draft a new release" button>
   - [ ] Create a draft release
-  - [ ] Summarize the release notes from the CHANGELOG.md and post them on on the Releases page on GitHub 
+  - [ ] Summarize the release notes from the CHANGELOG.md and post them on on the Releases page on GitHub
   - [ ] Review the release with the Project Owner
   - [ ] Publish the release
 
-### Publish:
+### PyPI and BKP
 
-- [ ] Bump the version in version.txt, if not bumped CI deployment to PyPi will fail
-- [ ] Set release version with "git tag v#.#.#" (e.g. "git tag v1.0.0", equivalent to the version you bumped to), this triggers circleci to publish ipfx to pypi
-  - [ ] [Build](http://bamboo.corp.alleninstitute.org/deploy/viewDeploymentProjectEnvironments.action?id=164855841) and [Deploy](http://bamboo.corp.alleninstitute.org/deploy/viewDeploymentProjectEnvironments.action?id=164855841) IPFX Nightly
-- [ ] After release/deployment, merge master branch (bug fixes,  document generation, etc.) back into dev and delete the release branch
+- [ ] Reconfirm the version is correct in `version.txt`
+- [ ] Set release version with "git tag v#.#.#" (e.g. "git tag v1.0.0", equivalent to the version you bumped to), this triggers circleci to publish ipfx to PyPI (deprecated, need to move to GitHub Actions)
+- [ ] After release/deployment, merge master branch (bug fixes, document generation, etc.) back into dev and delete the release branch
+- [ ] Build and deploy:
+    - [ ] `python setup.py sdist` and `python setup.py bdist_wheel`
+    - [ ] `twine upload dist/* --verbose --config-file ~/.pypirc`
 - [ ] Announce release on https://community.brain-map.org