diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 466df71..2be9c43 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0"
+  ".": "0.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..310700e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.2.0](https://github.com/distsystem/nacre/compare/nacre-v0.1.0...nacre-v0.2.0) (2026-04-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add JSON schema generation for nacre config ([fe4bcf0](https://github.com/distsystem/nacre/commit/fe4bcf00b35f9ff511578306bd9b370e6adb8561))
+* add pixi-build and release-please automation ([ac459ec](https://github.com/distsystem/nacre/commit/ac459ec304dcfb427ea71cac40f8e3aaa11caa57))
+* auto-clone dir, explicit layer base, in-place materialization ([20ff79f](https://github.com/distsystem/nacre/commit/20ff79f313445d088e6f60fb7ade2df1e4e67791))
+* declare repository branches as remote-driven rebases ([8763ff5](https://github.com/distsystem/nacre/commit/8763ff5407efba00b5111ed9c4b75d8230d1e3a1))
+* initial branch materializer CLI ([4d888bc](https://github.com/distsystem/nacre/commit/4d888bc95cf0abc8d2e152b4134ec579da343a4a))
+* switch branch materializer config to YAML ([d55c680](https://github.com/distsystem/nacre/commit/d55c6803f96a4a3391f6a98d0d88c4330e47765c))
+* use owner/repo:branch format for config refs ([3a19739](https://github.com/distsystem/nacre/commit/3a197396afd64265f6322776d26451ad178548f9))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* improve CLI UX and switch to editable install ([7923afd](https://github.com/distsystem/nacre/commit/7923afd6291d48b4bb3bbf0b488f6f71ea00aad9))
diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index e939916..c740d58 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ packages:
   timestamp: 1774072609062
 - conda: .
   name: nacre
-  version: 0.1.0
+  version: 0.2.0
   build: pyh4616a5c_0
   subdir: noarch
   variants:
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index cf554df..eb56770 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ channels = ["https://repo.prefix.dev/meta-forge", "conda-forge"]
 name = "nacre"
 platforms = ["linux-64"]
 preview = ["pixi-build"]
-version = "0.1.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.2.0" # x-release-please-version
 
 [package]
 name = "nacre"
-version = "0.1.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.2.0" # x-release-please-version
 
 [package.build]
 backend = { name = "pixi-build-python", version = "*" }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9eb120a..bdf6cf2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "nacre"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "Materialize Git branches from declarative repository specs"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [