diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 906cd6655..d242a89f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.0](https://github.com/bihealth/snappy-pipeline/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0) (2024-06-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* use pydantic models for validation ([#496](https://github.com/bihealth/snappy-pipeline/issues/496)) ([bf39678](https://github.com/bihealth/snappy-pipeline/commit/bf3967854337522484417d8fc6e1e0ac67f0c43d))
+
 ## 0.1.0 (2024-06-28)
 
 
diff --git a/snappy_pipeline/version.py b/snappy_pipeline/version.py
index 3dc1f76bc..d3ec452c3 100644
--- a/snappy_pipeline/version.py
+++ b/snappy_pipeline/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
+__version__ = "0.2.0"