diff --git a/.release-please.manifest.json b/.release-please.manifest.json
index 4a263fa..af4b15c 100644
--- a/.release-please.manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please.manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.0-alpha.1"
+  ".": "2.0.0-alpha.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d35ef2..f21f163 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0-alpha.2](https://github.com/copick/copick-shared-ui/compare/copick-shared-ui-v2.0.0-alpha.1...copick-shared-ui-v2.0.0-alpha.2) (2026-10-06)
+
+
+### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+* bump the version of prereleases in src/copick_shared_ui/__init__.py ([#75](https://github.com/copick/copick-shared-ui/issues/75)) ([7130602](https://github.com/copick/copick-shared-ui/commit/71306027350d35b5711688aa0f23a9d0f8ab8692))
+
 ## [2.0.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/copick/copick-shared-ui/compare/copick-shared-ui-v0.7.0...copick-shared-ui-v2.0.0-alpha.1) (2026-08-18)
 
 
diff --git a/src/copick_shared_ui/__init__.py b/src/copick_shared_ui/__init__.py
index 35f579e..8357ad5 100644
--- a/src/copick_shared_ui/__init__.py
+++ b/src/copick_shared_ui/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Copick shared UI components for cross-platform visualization."""
 
-__version__ = "2.0.0-alpha.1"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "2.0.0-alpha.2"  # x-release-please-version
 
 # Core components
 from copick_shared_ui.core import (