diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 68a6cb0..ac29fdf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+
+## [0.2.0] - 2024-04-19
 ### Added
 - added in-memory cache to reduce API strain (#4)
 
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - MAINTAINERS file
 - minimal implementation of the exporter
 
-[unreleased]: https://gitlab.com/adoralaura/ntppool-exporter/compare/0.1.1...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://gitlab.com/adoralaura/ntppool-exporter/compare/0.2.0...HEAD
+[0.2.0]: https://gitlab.com/adoralaura/ntppool-exporter/compare/0.1.1...0.2.0
 [0.1.1]: https://gitlab.com/adoralaura/ntppool-exporter/compare/0.1.0...0.1.1
 [0.1.0]: https://gitlab.com/adoralaura/ntppool-exporter/releases/tag/0.1.0
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 17e51c3..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.1.1
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 07b6f58..7a804bc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	namespace = "ntppool"
+	namespace  = "ntppool"
+	appVersion = "0.2.0"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, logger log.Logger, exporter
 }
 
 func main() {
+	version.Version = appVersion
 	promlogConfig := &promlog.Config{}
 	flag.AddFlags(kingpin.CommandLine, promlogConfig)
 	kingpin.Version(version.Print("ntppool_exporter"))
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	cache.GlobalScoreCache = cache.NewScoreCache()
 
-	level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Starting ntppool_exporter", "version", version.Info())
+	level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Starting ntppool_exporter", "version", appVersion)
 	level.Info(logger).Log("build_context", version.BuildContext())
 
 	exporterMetrics := collector.Metrics{