diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8d7e5f1..895bf0e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.0.1"
+  ".": "2.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a54269..c6173bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0](https://github.com/ChainSafe/zapi/compare/zapi-v1.0.1...zapi-v2.0.0) (2026-04-28)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* upgrade to Zig 0.16.0 ([#9](https://github.com/ChainSafe/zapi/issues/9))
+
+### Features
+
+* add memory alloc feature for typed-array ([#21](https://github.com/ChainSafe/zapi/issues/21)) ([56e6812](https://github.com/ChainSafe/zapi/commit/56e6812e7b660e8b0f315686cbfb5c095118f23a))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* upgrade to Zig 0.16.0 ([#9](https://github.com/ChainSafe/zapi/issues/9)) ([8e80f1c](https://github.com/ChainSafe/zapi/commit/8e80f1c24a93bbdba312d83e35944b361f3f807f))
+
 ## [1.0.1](https://github.com/ChainSafe/zapi/compare/zapi-v1.0.0...zapi-v1.0.1) (2026-04-21)
 
 
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index bd085e3..0190a5c 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .{
     .name = .zapi,
-    .version = "1.0.1", // x-release-please-version
+    .version = "2.0.0", // x-release-please-version
     .fingerprint = 0x77829ef951b38aac,
     .minimum_zig_version = "0.16.0",
     .paths = .{ "build.zig", "build.zig.zon", "src", "include" },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eaeda61..b583959 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "@chainsafe/zapi",
 	"license": "MIT",
-	"version": "1.0.1",
+	"version": "2.0.0",
 	"description": "A tool for managing and publishing Zig NAPI packages.",
 	"homepage": "https://github.com/ChainSafe/zapi/tree/main/#readme",
 	"repository": {