diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f12b0e0..235b00a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "false-bottom"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "A deniable encryption scheme"
 repository = "https://codeberg.org/skran/false-bottom"
 authors = ["K Shiva Kiran <shiva_kr@riseup.net>"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 327ab83..5e226ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Link to Technical Paper: [here](https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3288285)
 To use this library in your Rust program, add the following line under your `Cargo.toml` dependencies:
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-false-bottom = "0.1.0"
+false-bottom = "0.2.0"
 ```
 Check out the [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/false-bottom) page to check the latest version of this library.  
 Refer to the documentation at [docs.rs](https://docs.rs/false-bottom).