diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9fd65c5a54b52d376d8aaf2b7bdb699f720db28..3c14108141d6ed6163cad8593a6df454bd0d288a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.2.0] — 2026-08-07
+
 ### Added
 - `--exec <script>` on `download`, `dir download` and `docker download` —
   on a cache miss the script runs through `sh -c` and its result seeds
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@   via `os.UserConfigDir`). cacher is a CI tool; dev-macs and Linux runners
   must look in the same place.
 
 [Unreleased]: https://git.srht.bigb.es/~bigbes/ci-cacher/log/master
+[0.2.0]: https://git.srht.bigb.es/~bigbes/ci-cacher/refs/v0.2.0
 [0.1.2]: https://git.srht.bigb.es/~bigbes/ci-cacher/refs/v0.1.2
 [0.1.1]: https://git.srht.bigb.es/~bigbes/ci-cacher/refs/v0.1.1
 [0.1.0]: https://git.srht.bigb.es/~bigbes/ci-cacher/refs/v0.1.0
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d917d3e26adc9854b4569871e20111c38de2606f..0ea3a944b399d25f7e1b8fe684d754eb8da9fe7f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.2
+0.2.0