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
index ad55b8a..9fc2926 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.0](https://github.com/PMDevSolutions/Vespasian/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0) (2026-07-07)
+
+
+### Added
+
+* initial release of Vespasian — Claude Code-integrated Wix site builder ([e6ab29c](https://github.com/PMDevSolutions/Vespasian/commit/e6ab29c2e07b26c4541803834459fd67be8943f8))
+* initial release of Vespasian — Claude Code-integrated Wix site builder ([5a28778](https://github.com/PMDevSolutions/Vespasian/commit/5a28778f08f817fa75b65aeed9966279ea15c704))
+
+## Changelog
+
 All notable changes to Vespasian are documented in this file by release-please.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index baea0f1..7f50a05 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vespasian",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Claude Code-integrated Wix site builder — design in (Figma · Canva · InDesign), live Wix site out. The repository version is tracked in git tags + .release-please-manifest.json (source of truth) and mirrored into the version field above by release-please.",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/packages/gui/package.json b/packages/gui/package.json
index 324480f..1d52c05 100644
--- a/packages/gui/package.json
+++ b/packages/gui/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name": "@vespasian/gui",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "private": true,
-  "description": "Desktop GUI for Vespasian \u2014 a thin orchestration shell over the init wizard, the Wix site lifecycle (connect, apply, publish), the design-to-Wix pipelines, and visual QA. Invokes the existing scripts/pipelines; does not reimplement them.",
+  "description": "Desktop GUI for Vespasian — a thin orchestration shell over the init wizard, the Wix site lifecycle (connect, apply, publish), the design-to-Wix pipelines, and visual QA. Invokes the existing scripts/pipelines; does not reimplement them.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "PMDevSolutions",
   "main": "./out/main/index.js",