diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index c1532421f6..98f8e56f7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-0.1.2-alpha
+0.2.0-alpha
 -----------
-**Date:** TBD
+**Date:** 2018-06-11
 
-[Title]
+Initial Numpy Bindings
 
-[Short Summary]
+Adds first bindings for record component reading and writing.
+Fixes some minor CMake issues.
 
 Changes to "0.1.1-alpha"
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e013f8e64..453033fefb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.0)
 
-project(openPMD VERSION 0.1.2) # LANGUAGES CXX
+project(openPMD VERSION 0.2.0) # LANGUAGES CXX
 
 # the openPMD "markup"/"schema" standard version
 set(openPMD_STANDARD_VERSION 1.1.0)
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index a23c9952cd..ac1fb2211d 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'0.1.2'
+version = u'0.2.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'0.1.2-dev'
+release = u'0.2.0-alpha'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index e8799a73e3..22eb45e8a1 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The supported version of the `openPMD standard <https://github.com/openPMD/openP
 ======================= ===================================
 openPMD-api version     supported openPMD standard versions
 ======================= ===================================
-``0.1.0-0.1.2`` (alpha) ``1.0.0-1.1.0``
+``0.1.0-0.2.0`` (alpha) ``1.0.0-1.1.0``
 ``1.0.0+``              ``1.0.1-1.1.0`` (not released yet)
 ``2.0.0+``              ``2.0.0+``      (not released yet)
 ======================= ===================================
diff --git a/include/openPMD/version.hpp b/include/openPMD/version.hpp
index 8c079252b4..b581603e75 100644
--- a/include/openPMD/version.hpp
+++ b/include/openPMD/version.hpp
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 
 // version of the openPMD-api library
 #define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_MINOR 1
-#define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_PATCH 2
-#define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_LABEL "dev"
+#define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_MINOR 2
+#define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_PATCH 0
+#define OPENPMDAPI_VERSION_LABEL "alpha"
 
 // maximum supported version of the openPMD standard (read & write)
 #define OPENPMD_STANDARD_MAJOR 1