diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 2.0.0-alpha1 (2017-01-15)
+
+* Added `hiccup2.core` namespace that escapes strings automatically
+* Added new syntax for class and style attributes
+* Fixed issue with pre-compiled `html` macro accepting new mode bindings
+
 ## 1.0.5 (2014-01-25)
 
 * Inverted container tag check to look for void tags instead
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
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--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject hiccup "1.0.5"
+(defproject hiccup "2.0.0-alpha1"
   :description "A fast library for rendering HTML in Clojure"
   :url "http://github.com/weavejester/hiccup"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"