diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 61b081a1..f1d51a6d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"api":"0.1.0","cli":"1.0.0-beta.4"}
+{"api":"0.2.0","cli":"1.0.0-beta.4"}
diff --git a/api/CHANGELOG.md b/api/CHANGELOG.md
index 0058ae4b..b4517936 100644
--- a/api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.0](https://github.com/iExecBlockchainComputing/iapp/compare/iapp-api-v0.1.0...iapp-api-v0.2.0) (2025-08-20)
+
+
+### Added
+
+* use websocket for client server communication (previously enabled by `EXPERIMENTAL_WS_API`) ([#225](https://github.com/iExecBlockchainComputing/iapp/issues/225)) ([1a3bb23](https://github.com/iExecBlockchainComputing/iapp/commit/1a3bb235d2b13a467d46a48b97e0d6eddf8280ba))
+
 ## [0.1.0](https://github.com/iExecBlockchainComputing/iapp/compare/iapp-api-v0.0.1...iapp-api-v0.1.0) (2025-08-07)
 
 
diff --git a/api/package-lock.json b/api/package-lock.json
index 234a973f..0603ab6c 100644
--- a/api/package-lock.json
+++ b/api/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "iapp-api",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "iapp-api",
-      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "version": "0.2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "cls-hooked": "^4.2.2",
         "dockerode": "^4.0.5",
diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index 58f4dc02..51d01ccb 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "iapp-api",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "main": "index.js",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {