diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6c1a9c5d361..1793b61ed1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.10.0-beta] - 01/06/2022
+
+**WARNING: Beta releases may contain bugs and no guarantee is made about API stability. They are not recommended for production use!**
+
+### Breaking changes
+* Update codegen to generate base exception rather than UnknownServiceErrorException [#484](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin/pull/484)
+
+### New features
+* update AWS models to latest versions
+* upgrade to Kotlin 1.6.10 [#474](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin/pull/474)
+
+### Fixes
+* Fix usage of unicode in bucket names of s3 presigner [#487](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin/pull/487)
+* Add new services in published release [#468](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin/pull/468)
+
+### Miscellaneous
+* Add design tenets [#466](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin/pull/466)
+* updated the Readme doc to include API reference guide [#471](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin/pull/471)
+
 ## [0.9.5-beta] - 12/09/2021
 
 **WARNING: Beta releases may contain bugs and no guarantee is made about API stability. They are not recommended for production use!**
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 618435ec085..8ac4ba2ee2d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ kotlin.native.ignoreDisabledTargets=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g -XX:MaxPermSize=6g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1G
 
 # sdk
-sdkVersion=0.9.6-SNAPSHOT
+sdkVersion=0.10.0-beta
 
 # codegen
 smithyVersion=1.13.1
 smithyGradleVersion=0.5.3
 # smithy-kotlin codegen and runtime are versioned together
-smithyKotlinVersion=0.7.5-SNAPSHOT
+smithyKotlinVersion=0.7.5
 
 # kotlin
 kotlinVersion=1.6.10
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ kotlinxSerializationVersion=1.3.1
 ktorVersion=1.6.7
 
 # crt
-crtKotlinVersion=0.5.1-SNAPSHOT
+crtKotlinVersion=0.5.2
 
 # testing/utility
 junitVersion=5.6.2