diff --git a/docs/releasenotes.rst b/docs/releasenotes.rst
index 07246f12e..b3f64b6af 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ Release notes
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+Nextcore 2.0.2 (2024-03-21)
+===========================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- API version wasn't set when connecting to the gateway (api-version)
+
+
 Nextcore 2.0.1 (2023-07-10)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/nextcore/__init__.py b/nextcore/__init__.py
index e80a1ed54..c8b04000d 100644
--- a/nextcore/__init__.py
+++ b/nextcore/__init__.py
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Final
 
-__version__: Final[str] = "2.0.1"
+__version__: Final[str] = "2.0.2"
 __all__: Final[tuple[str, ...]] = ("__version__",)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b30d5e3ea..c5ea0406e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "nextcore"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "2.0.2"
 description = "A low level Discord API wrapper"
 authors = ["tag-epic"]
 license = "MIT"