diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be37379..7f9cb85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ allowed to change behaviour, not just add to it.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.2.1] — 2026-09-07
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - The formatter is pinned. `ruff>=0.4` meant CI installed a newer ruff than a laptop had,
@@ -81,5 +83,6 @@ deliberately not reconstructed here.
 - Two `TYPE_CHECKING` imports the test suite referenced but never imported, on paths that
   happened never to run.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/jpmartineau/MeshTerm/compare/v0.2.0...HEAD
-[0.2.0]: https://github.com/jpmartineau/MeshTerm/releases/tag/v0.2.0
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/jpmartineau/MeshTerm/compare/v0.2.1...HEAD
+[0.2.1]: https://github.com/jpmartineau/MeshTerm/releases/tag/v0.2.1
+[0.2.0]: https://github.com/jpmartineau/MeshTerm/tree/v0.2.0
diff --git a/meshterm/__init__.py b/meshterm/__init__.py
index 4ef5b3a..a0e9cdc 100644
--- a/meshterm/__init__.py
+++ b/meshterm/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Supports USB, Bluetooth and TCP companion connection. For Windows, macOS and Lin
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
-__version__ = "0.2.0"
+__version__ = "0.2.1"
 __author__ = "Jean-Pierre Martineau"
 
 #: The year MeshTerm was first published; the copyright span starts here.