diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+## [2.0.0-beta.1](https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler-geojson-parser/compare/v1.0.1...v2.0.0-beta.1) (2024-06-20)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* Introduces ESM build.
+* You'll probably need to adapt your paths and/or
+imports as all exported files are now located inside the dist
+folder.
+
+### Features
+
+* export esm build as well as browser build ([e1a448b](https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler-geojson-parser/commit/e1a448b7804e74bce861270a23bd0d4acc8e7f1b))
+* prepare for next major release ([3cb64cf](https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler-geojson-parser/commit/3cb64cf48448f2fcf5217ed6df3715c0fd7512a9))
+* use vite for browser build ([9fc1792](https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler-geojson-parser/commit/9fc1792653aad5e1545ef3547f03a53dbc8e430f))
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index eb9a9fa..588a1c5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "geostyler-geojson-parser",
-  "version": "2.0.0-next.1",
+  "version": "2.0.0-beta.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "geostyler-geojson-parser",
-      "version": "2.0.0-next.1",
+      "version": "2.0.0-beta.1",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "geostyler-data": "^1.0.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f193764..cc326cb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "geostyler-geojson-parser",
-  "version": "2.0.0-next.1",
+  "version": "2.0.0-beta.1",
   "description": "GeoStyler Data Parser implementation for GeoJSON",
   "main": "dist/GeoJsonDataParser.js",
   "type": "module",