diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7d28270..cc21474 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0",
+  ".": "0.2.0",
   "telemetry-addon": "0.2.0",
   "paper-worldpush": "0.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29..922d2a9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.2.0](https://github.com/OneLiteFeatherNET/Apus/compare/apus-v0.1.0...apus-v0.2.0) (2026-08-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* package the API as a container image ([8c4c703](https://github.com/OneLiteFeatherNET/Apus/commit/8c4c7033d24734d0a9e77a625693aefddee355a5))
+* package the dashboard as a static nginx container image ([d560ee5](https://github.com/OneLiteFeatherNET/Apus/commit/d560ee59da6e381cae653a3aa9da8aed68385efa))
+* package the operator as a container image ([8f0b92e](https://github.com/OneLiteFeatherNET/Apus/commit/8f0b92e4a5336d0ff9133b9acc0e1f9e8a750cb7))
+* Phase 7 — CI, release automation and container images ([12c0d81](https://github.com/OneLiteFeatherNET/Apus/commit/12c0d818789de7b3270d9ad24d280d321c5a1c09))
+* publish telemetry-addon and paper-worldpush to the OneLiteFeather Maven repository ([8ef7d8f](https://github.com/OneLiteFeatherNET/Apus/commit/8ef7d8f85e86d76c66e9409ef5d4b3a03d29bdf6))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **release-please:** resolve extra-files per package and pin the full bootstrap sha ([0614747](https://github.com/OneLiteFeatherNET/Apus/commit/0614747e0e7b77292733d08c4574a486fdb2f159))
+* **runner:** fetch the S3 storage addon in the image build ([e455c8d](https://github.com/OneLiteFeatherNET/Apus/commit/e455c8d6e0818ef18b3af2bd97a8408639b8618a))
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index b37df0b..eb76d36 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.spotless) apply false
 }
 
-version = "0.1.0" // x-release-please-version
+version = "0.2.0" // x-release-please-version
 
 subprojects {
     apply(plugin = "java")