diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b1f3b8..528bdae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 dev:
+
+1.9.0-beta.2:
   - change default timestamp in logs to millisecond-precision
   - allow custom timestamp formatting in logs
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6548126..0d2629c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ReleaseVersion is the release version for the code.
-var ReleaseVersion = "1.9.0-beta.1"
+var ReleaseVersion = "1.9.0-beta.2"
 
 func main() {
 	exitCode := main2()