diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 9d3b15b..463f766 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Known issues:
 
 ## not yet released
 
+(nothing yet)
+
+
+## 2.0.2 (beta)
+
 - [issue #444] Fix the `bunyan` CLI to not duplicate the "HTTP/1.1 ..." status
   line when serializing a "res" field.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1f29b7b..00a4803 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bunyan",
-  "version": "2.0.1",
+  "version": "2.0.2",
   "description": "a JSON logging library for node.js services",
   "author": "Trent Mick <trentm@gmail.com> (http://trentm.com)",
   "main": "./lib/bunyan.js",