diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 59cd0a2..a2c2fbc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.
 
+## 2.0.0-alpha.1
+
+* Update `README.md` for `2.x` series.
+* Fix a `Zeroize`-related build issue in the AVX2 backend.
+
 ## 2.0.0-alpha.0
 
 * Fix a data modeling error in the `serde` feature pointed out by Trevor Perrin
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 10c47a2..719a1e1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "curve25519-dalek"
-version = "2.0.0-alpha.0"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha.1"
 authors = ["Isis Lovecruft <isis@patternsinthevoid.net>",
            "Henry de Valence <hdevalence@hdevalence.ca>"]
 readme = "README.md"