diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df1dbd5..cb6d15f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - [BREAKING]: `Tezex.Micheline.Zarith` is replaced with `Tezex.Zarith`
 - [crypto] add a pure Elixir [HMAC-DRBG](https://hexdocs.pm/tezex/Tezex.Crypto.HMACDRBG.html) implementation
 - [crypto] implement message/operations [signing](https://hexdocs.pm/tezex/Tezex.Crypto.html#sign_message/2)
+- [crypto] implement [validate_address/1](https://hexdocs.pm/tezex/Tezex.Crypto.html#validate_address/1) to validate implicit account addresses
 - implement (un)forging [micheline](https://hexdocs.pm/tezex/Tezex.Forge.html), [operations/operation groups](https://hexdocs.pm/tezex/Tezex.ForgeOperation.html), [calculating gas/storage/fees](https://hexdocs.pm/tezex/Tezex.Fee.html) and [sending them to Tezos RPC nodes](https://hexdocs.pm/tezex/Tezex.Rpc.html).
 
 ## v1.2.0
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index cb35340..1fb3c5b 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 defmodule Tezex.MixProject do
   use Mix.Project
 
-  @version "2.0.0-rc.1"
+  @version "2.0.0-rc.2"
   @url_docs "http://hexdocs.pm/tezex"
   @url_github "https://github.com/objkt-com/tezex"