diff --git a/charts/hedera-block-node/Chart.yaml b/charts/hedera-block-node/Chart.yaml
index f9d05ab20..2a28872a4 100644
--- a/charts/hedera-block-node/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/hedera-block-node/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: 0.2.0-rc1
+appVersion: 0.2.0
 description: A Helm chart for Hedera Block Node
 home: https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-block-node
 keywords:
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ maintainers:
 name: hedera-block-node
 sources:
   - https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-block-node
-version: 0.2.0-rc1
+version: 0.2.0
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e60c890ed..05380d16a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Version number
-version=0.2.0-rc1
+version=0.2.0
 
 # Need increased heap for running Gradle itself, or SonarQube will run the JVM out of metaspace
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m
diff --git a/release_notes.md b/release_notes.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccded935c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_notes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+## :heart: Contributors
+
+We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!
+
+- [@san-est](https://github.com/san-est)
+- [@swirlds-automation](https://github.com/swirlds-automation)
+- [@jasperpotts](https://github.com/jasperpotts)
+- [@ata-nas](https://github.com/ata-nas)
+- [@mattp-swirldslabs](https://github.com/mattp-swirldslabs)
+- [@georgi-l95](https://github.com/georgi-l95)
+- [@AlfredoG87](https://github.com/AlfredoG87)
+- [@mishomihov00](https://github.com/mishomihov00)
+- [@jsync-swirlds](https://github.com/jsync-swirlds)