diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2503e84..80fbba8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.2.0
+
+* [CHORE] update dependencies
+* [CHORE] update README
+
 ## 0.1.6
 
 * [CHORE] update README with links to [documentation](https://techouse.github.io/qs_codec/)
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index 55cdbe4..ac8862f 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 | Version | Supported          |
 |---------| ------------------ |
-| 0.1.x   | :white_check_mark: |
+| 0.2.x   | :white_check_mark: |
 
 ## Reporting a Vulnerability
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 54adc70..6d708e8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "regex>=2024.4.16",
-    "types-regex>=2024.4.16.20240423",
+    "regex==2024.4.28",
+    "types-regex==2024.4.28.20240430",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 019fcd7..337aa77 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-regex>=2024.4.16
-types-regex>=2024.4.16.20240423
+regex==2024.4.28
+types-regex==2024.4.28.20240430
 pytest>=8.1.2
 pytest-cov>=5.0.0
 mypy>=1.10.0
diff --git a/src/qs_codec/__init__.py b/src/qs_codec/__init__.py
index d8ad719..dcd1c72 100644
--- a/src/qs_codec/__init__.py
+++ b/src/qs_codec/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """A query string encoding and decoding library for Python. Ported from qs_codec for JavaScript."""
 
-__version__ = "0.1.6"
+__version__ = "0.2.0"
 
 from .decode import decode
 from .encode import encode