diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef705ef..d1dd714 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.2.0] - 2026-06-26
+
+### Added
+
+- Validation / correctness benchmark suite: GA + NSGA-II parity vs pymoo and DEAP
+  across single- and multi-objective problems, with committed 30-seed results, a
+  rendered report, and a published Validation docs page.
+
+### Notes
+
+- No breaking changes. The optimizer API and core are unchanged since 0.1.0; the
+  benchmark numbers therefore remain valid for 0.2.0.
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2026-06-25
 
 ### Added
@@ -19,5 +32,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Optional parallel evaluation via joblib (`n_workers`).
 - Typed public API shipping a `py.typed` marker (PEP 561).
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/hydrosolutions/ctrl-freak/compare/v0.1.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/hydrosolutions/ctrl-freak/compare/v0.2.0...HEAD
+[0.2.0]: https://github.com/hydrosolutions/ctrl-freak/releases/tag/v0.2.0
 [0.1.0]: https://github.com/hydrosolutions/ctrl-freak/releases/tag/v0.1.0
diff --git a/benchmarks/README.md b/benchmarks/README.md
index 20fa6c2..fb7d2c2 100644
--- a/benchmarks/README.md
+++ b/benchmarks/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ artifact.
 | Field | Value |
 |---|---|
 | Seeds | 30 (0–29) |
-| ctrl-freak | 0.1.0 |
+| ctrl-freak | 0.2.0 |
 | pymoo | 0.6.1.6 |
 | deap | 1.4.3 |
 | numpy | 2.4.1 |
diff --git a/benchmarks/render.py b/benchmarks/render.py
index 5ebb97d..b8a1947 100644
--- a/benchmarks/render.py
+++ b/benchmarks/render.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def _provenance_table(meta: dict) -> str:
     --------
     >>> meta = {
     ...     "n_seeds": 30,
-    ...     "versions": {"ctrl_freak": "0.1.0", "pymoo": "0.6.1.6", "deap": "1.4.3", "numpy": "2.4.1"},
+    ...     "versions": {"ctrl_freak": "0.2.0", "pymoo": "0.6.1.6", "deap": "1.4.3", "numpy": "2.4.1"},
     ...     "budgets": {"so_pop_size": 100, "so_n_generations": 200, "mo_pop_size": 100,
     ...                 "mo_n_generations": 250, "sbx_eta": 15.0, "pm_eta": 20.0},
     ... }
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def _provenance_table(meta: dict) -> str:
     | Field | Value |
     |---|---|
     | Seeds | 30 (0–29) |
-    | ctrl-freak | 0.1.0 |
+    | ctrl-freak | 0.2.0 |
     ...
     | SBX / PM eta | 15.0 / 20.0 |
     """
diff --git a/benchmarks/results/benchmark_results.json b/benchmarks/results/benchmark_results.json
index 1664d61..135c943 100644
--- a/benchmarks/results/benchmark_results.json
+++ b/benchmarks/results/benchmark_results.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     ],
     "statistic": "overlapping_variance: equivalent iff |mean_cf - mean_lib| < max(std_cf, std_lib)",
     "versions": {
-      "ctrl_freak": "0.1.0",
+      "ctrl_freak": "0.2.0",
       "pymoo": "0.6.1.6",
       "deap": "1.4.3",
       "numpy": "2.4.1"
diff --git a/docs/validation.md b/docs/validation.md
index f27b667..1862db8 100644
--- a/docs/validation.md
+++ b/docs/validation.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ and figure, regenerated from the committed results JSON) lives in the repository
 | Field | Value |
 |---|---|
 | Seeds | 30 (0–29) |
-| ctrl-freak | 0.1.0 |
+| ctrl-freak | 0.2.0 |
 | pymoo | 0.6.1.6 |
 | deap | 1.4.3 |
 | numpy | 2.4.1 |
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1e36438..dc7dc94 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "ctrl-freak"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "Pure-numpy genetic algorithm framework for single-objective (GA) and multi-objective (NSGA-II) optimization"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 84218ad..d02b066 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ toml = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ctrl-freak"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "joblib" },