diff --git a/.release-manifest.json b/.release-manifest.json
index 4939c57..2cf1e9e 100644
--- a/.release-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.0-beta"
+  ".": "2.0.0-rc"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ce1f19..65f9896 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0-rc](https://github.com/lukas-sgx/GBA-sdk/compare/v2.0.0-beta...v2.0.0-rc) (2026-07-26)
+
+
+* release 2.0.0-rc ([ed7029f](https://github.com/lukas-sgx/GBA-sdk/commit/ed7029f23804befb20c36bab70b6b23322a98a46))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* null init & set all types ([d71de01](https://github.com/lukas-sgx/GBA-sdk/commit/d71de0153894f58680a5e67e802fcbdad6a7b1a1))
+
 ## [2.0.0-beta](https://github.com/lukas-sgx/GBA-sdk/compare/v2.0.0-alpha...v2.0.0-beta) (2026-07-25)
 
 
diff --git a/cartridge/__init__.py b/cartridge/__init__.py
index 9d31724..a8d10d0 100644
--- a/cartridge/__init__.py
+++ b/cartridge/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = "2.0.0-beta"
+__version__ = "2.0.0-rc"
 __author__ = "lukas-sgx"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 57a2399..b7d7052 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "cartridge-sdk"
 description = "GBA SDK — build tool for Game Boy Advance"
 
-version = "2.0.0-beta"
+version = "2.0.0-rc"
 dependencies = [
     "click",
     "Pillow",