diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c7f12d2f712f6b3625d7044bb255e0e33406959..9aaea84239d269a87954af91e0bdc82208ea5fd4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(DD4hep)
 
 # project version
 SET( DD4hep_VERSION_MAJOR 0 )
-SET( DD4hep_VERSION_MINOR 1 )
+SET( DD4hep_VERSION_MINOR 2 )
 SET( DD4hep_VERSION_PATCH 0 )
 
 SET( DD4hep_VERSION "${DD4hep_VERSION_MAJOR}.${DD4hep_VERSION_MINOR}" )
diff --git a/doc/release.notes b/doc/release.notes
index f035cb5f29edaf8fa6e9149a8c15c1c66ba268c6..f2954ac0f9bf4a730c2be4dbaa897d341d884be1 100644
--- a/doc/release.notes
+++ b/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 DD4hep  ----  Release Notes
 =================================
 
+ --------
+| v00-02 |  second beta release ...
+ --------
+
+
 2013/02/06    Markus Frank
 --------------------------
   1) Simplyfy inheritance for common objects from TNamed.