diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.3"
+  ".": "0.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.2.0](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/compare/v0.1.3...v0.2.0) (2026-08-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* default min_frac_accessible to 0.10 ([#66](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/issues/66)) ([2f52149](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/commit/2f52149e086fab3a7bd1c26eb74e4f0f487c4591))
+* update fibertools-rs to 0.13 (the MA update) and move mac support to Apple Silicon ([#62](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/issues/62)) ([6e8ca80](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/commit/6e8ca80c5d58963cf84beb21177b3915764f0322))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* exclude_from_shuffle when no excludes are configured ([#65](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/issues/65)) ([56966ff](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/commit/56966ffb7a487fe07c2bc49d5425bd6eaae87e83))
+* explicitly set schema for reading bed via polars csv ([#53](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/issues/53)) ([fd019e5](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/commit/fd019e5bf9295c04a141057f4e74ca61400eee01)), closes [#52](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/issues/52)
+* force chrom as utf8 in pl.read_csv callsites ([#56](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/issues/56)) ([b66739e](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/commit/b66739ea3755068b72baa807540937ea398a8055))
+* guard against bioawk phantom empty record in fire_coverage/coverage division ([#48](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/issues/48)) ([835868d](https://github.com/fiberseq/FIRE/commit/835868dee2a56a72986b6ff4559f63385f82a359))
+
 ## v0.1.3
 
 - Workaround for a bioawk edge-case failure producing phantom empty records