diff --git a/changes.md b/changes.md
index c60d713..fb8ed8f 100644
--- a/changes.md
+++ b/changes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # change log
 
-## version 0.2 yyyy-mm-dd
+## version 0.2 2015-12-29
 
 * improve human readable output by returning both response time as well as
   certificate expiry
diff --git a/check_xmppng b/check_xmppng
index 661b36a..da46d7a 100755
--- a/check_xmppng
+++ b/check_xmppng
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from defusedxml.sax import make_parser
 import nagiosplugin
 
 __author__ = "Jan Dittberner"
-__version__ = "0.2.dev1"
+__version__ = "0.2"
 
 
 NS_IETF_XMPP_SASL = 'urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl'