diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [0.2.1](https://github.com/Remade-With-Rust/rusty_av2f/compare/v0.2.0...v0.2.1) - 2026-08-28
+
+### Other
+
+- add release-plz so merged dependency bumps actually reach crates.io ([#2](https://github.com/Remade-With-Rust/rusty_av2f/pull/2))
+- bump rusty_alloc-api to =1.1.4 ([#1](https://github.com/Remade-With-Rust/rusty_av2f/pull/1))
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rusty_av2f"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 # 1.82 for `Option::is_none_or`, used by the box walker's bounds check.
 rust-version = "1.82"