diff --git a/.changes/pre.json b/.changes/pre.json
index 34617ac4d..b7446a9aa 100644
--- a/.changes/pre.json
+++ b/.changes/pre.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "tag": "rc",
   "changes": [
     ".changes/bump-crypto-0.22.1.md",
+    ".changes/bump-crypto-0.23.md",
     ".changes/secp256k1.md",
     ".changes/snapshot-migration-v3age-zeroize.md",
     ".changes/snapshot_encrypt_work_factor.md"
diff --git a/client/CHANGELOG.md b/client/CHANGELOG.md
index 3af49616f..618b08779 100644
--- a/client/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/client/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## \[2.0.0-rc.2]
+
+- [`1b46f415`](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/commit/1b46f4153ef30f9ca3ea9704c8edefe08ed217b7)([#491](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/pull/491)) Bump `iota-crypto` version to 0.23.
+
+### Dependencies
+
+- Upgraded to `stronghold-engine@2.0.0-rc.2`
+- Upgraded to `stronghold-runtime@2.0.0-rc.2`
+
 ## \[2.0.0-rc.1]
 
 - [`f9619747`](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/commit/f96197471cb894e1a5a08caa4e9393703e5b8d1b)([#489](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/pull/489)) Added support for Secp256k1 ECDSA with SHA256/Keccak256 variants.
diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index f59a84f81..f4e2d056a 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iota_stronghold"
-version = "2.0.0-rc.1"
+version = "2.0.0-rc.2"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/engine/CHANGELOG.md b/engine/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b507df5a..8a65b88ad 100644
--- a/engine/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/engine/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## \[2.0.0-rc.2]
+
+- [`1b46f415`](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/commit/1b46f4153ef30f9ca3ea9704c8edefe08ed217b7)([#491](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/pull/491)) Bump `iota-crypto` version to 0.23.
+
+### Dependencies
+
+- Upgraded to `stronghold-runtime@2.0.0-rc.2`
+
 ## \[2.0.0-rc.1]
 
 - [`f9619747`](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/commit/f96197471cb894e1a5a08caa4e9393703e5b8d1b)([#489](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/pull/489)) Added support for Secp256k1 ECDSA with SHA256/Keccak256 variants.
diff --git a/engine/Cargo.toml b/engine/Cargo.toml
index 03879060c..0167ca6da 100644
--- a/engine/Cargo.toml
+++ b/engine/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "stronghold_engine"
-version = "2.0.0-rc.1"
+version = "2.0.0-rc.2"
 authors = [
   "IOTA Stiftung",
   "tensorprogramming <tensordeveloper@gmail.com>"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ paste = "1.0.1"
 once_cell = "1.4"
 zeroize = { version = "1.5.7", features = [ "zeroize_derive" ] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
-stronghold-runtime = { version = "2.0.0-rc.1", path = "runtime" }
+stronghold-runtime = { version = "2.0.0-rc.2", path = "runtime" }
 digest = { version = "0.10.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 iota-crypto = { version = "0.23", features = [
   "age",
diff --git a/engine/runtime/CHANGELOG.md b/engine/runtime/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e658dd1a..6016caa1a 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/engine/runtime/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## \[2.0.0-rc.2]
+
+- [`1b46f415`](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/commit/1b46f4153ef30f9ca3ea9704c8edefe08ed217b7)([#491](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/pull/491)) Bump `iota-crypto` version to 0.23.
+
 ## \[2.0.0-rc.1]
 
 - [`f9619747`](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/commit/f96197471cb894e1a5a08caa4e9393703e5b8d1b)([#489](https://www.github.com/iotaledger/stronghold.rs/pull/489)) Added support for Secp256k1 ECDSA with SHA256/Keccak256 variants.
diff --git a/engine/runtime/Cargo.toml b/engine/runtime/Cargo.toml
index d256e43a2..6238d254f 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/engine/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "stronghold-runtime"
-version = "2.0.0-rc.1"
+version = "2.0.0-rc.2"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung", "Alexandre Dang <alexandre.dang@iota.org" ]
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"