diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1fd793f..19ddb96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here. The format follows
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.2.0 - 2026-11-05
+
 ### Added
 
 - `quantkit.var`, VaR model validation:
@@ -48,8 +50,8 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here. The format follows
 
 - The README quick start installed the v0.1.0 release wheel, which predates
   `quantkit.var`: the VaR doctests failed with `ModuleNotFoundError` and
-  `var-backtest` was not a command. The quick start now installs from GitHub
-  and says what the release lacks.
+  `var-backtest` was not a command. The quick start now installs the v0.2.0
+  wheel.
 - `quantkit var-backtest` printed its table and then exited with an error when
   the sample was too long for `null_rejection_rates` to enumerate, for example
   20 years of daily returns at 95%. It now only leaves out the exact size of
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3839013..5fe1110 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@ quantkit is not on PyPI. Install the library and the `quantkit` command from Git
 (Python 3.11 or newer):
 
 ```bash
-pip install "git+https://github.com/ult666666/quantkit.git"
+pip install "https://github.com/ult666666/quantkit/releases/download/v0.2.0/quantkit-0.2.0-py3-none-any.whl"
 ```
 
-The wheel attached to the [v0.1.0 release](https://github.com/ult666666/quantkit/releases/tag/v0.1.0)
-predates VaR model validation, so it has no `quantkit.var` and no `var-backtest`. To
-work on the code, clone the repository and run `uv sync` with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/),
+To work on the code, clone the repository and run `uv sync` with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/),
 or `pip install ".[plot]"` in a virtual environment for the charts.
 
 ## Example
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7f43185..fee8adb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "quantkit"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "Options pricing, portfolio optimization, backtesting and VaR model validation in Python, with every model checked against closed-form results, textbook values or an independent method."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index ddccb37..6d5da26 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quantkit"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "numpy", version = "2.4.6", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.12'" },