diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 23860f90c..895bf0e35 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.13.0"
+  ".": "2.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 981a87621..35dea0214 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/compare/descope-1.13.0...descope-2.0.0) (2026-05-05)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* drop support for python 3.8 ([#1371](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/issues/1371))
+* **sdk:** migrate from requests to httpx ([#1123](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/issues/1123))
+
+### Features
+
+* drop support for python 3.8 ([#1371](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/issues/1371)) ([5114a01](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/commit/5114a019f6bd5cfbabbebff62d873c86f50e3d06))
+* **roles-permissions:** add id-based management methods and role_ids search ([#1456](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/issues/1456)) ([3d3b0ac](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/commit/3d3b0acf1a9b82fe4c7ceb1d9272550be6efb63a))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update dependency httpx to ^0.28.0 ([#1450](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/issues/1450)) ([4bd6275](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/commit/4bd6275f652d74bffc8082083c4ed5318aa2f2b9))
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* **sdk:** migrate from requests to httpx ([#1123](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/issues/1123)) ([5d4cfd5](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/commit/5d4cfd53933dd96af1179885571b2d27cf171507))
+
 ## [1.13.0](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/compare/descope-1.12.2...descope-1.13.0) (2026-04-20)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5d906c9b6..359af8f90 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "descope"
-version = "1.13.0"
+version = "2.0.0"
 description = "Descope Python SDK"
 authors = ["Descope <info@descope.com>"]
 license = "MIT"