diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9d957c7..305c150 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{ ".": "0.1.0" }
+{".":"0.2.0"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f58728c..30e796f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,31 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.0](https://github.com/oxidized-mc/lighting/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0) (2026-04-10)
+
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+* **ci:** add dev publish workflow ([780a507](https://github.com/oxidized-mc/lighting/commit/780a5078981c48fc0b4b1502b884956be990c14a))
+* **lighting:** add repository best practices ([1bbfa36](https://github.com/oxidized-mc/lighting/commit/1bbfa36fdea0f4afa845c766e769a8ed86ec5c21))
+* **lighting:** populate crate with BFS light propagation engine ([f33175f](https://github.com/oxidized-mc/lighting/commit/f33175f07148445412d579105ed8275a4ca315dc))
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* **ci:** add permissions to release-please caller ([946ebe0](https://github.com/oxidized-mc/lighting/commit/946ebe0d2e2a11324c669bfd03559998314863f5))
+* **ci:** chain publish into release-please workflow ([6cbb366](https://github.com/oxidized-mc/lighting/commit/6cbb36698e9c75e9323d741518609b4e71a1b60e))
+* **deps:** switch from git to version deps for crates.io publishing ([6f20c3c](https://github.com/oxidized-mc/lighting/commit/6f20c3cb1d7e8bfa8e5c2aae720ca8b0ac7f5376))
+* **lighting:** use allow-org for git source allowlisting ([29c932c](https://github.com/oxidized-mc/lighting/commit/29c932c7ce51645aeeac32d331d5ecafd259ee00))
+* **release:** switch to rust release-type for Cargo.toml versioning ([457b00d](https://github.com/oxidized-mc/lighting/commit/457b00d78b959bb9d27976bac2226de0fb1364f0))
+
+
+### 🔨 Refactor
+
+* move [patch.crates-io] to meta-repo .cargo/config.toml ([1a82947](https://github.com/oxidized-mc/lighting/commit/1a829479292c21e886625ff00bf25d097276c593))
+
+## Changelog
+
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
-
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 79cfa72..61397db 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name         = "oxidized-lighting"
-version      = "0.1.0"
+version      = "0.2.0"
 edition      = "2024"
 authors      = ["Dogukan Metan <dogukanmetan@gmail.com>"]
 license      = "MIT"