diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 2.0.0 — 2026-09-10
 
 - Consolidate all regression coverage under `KDTREEPP_BUILD_TESTS`; remove the separate Catch2 2.x suite and unused Conan 1/Eigen find modules.
 - Replace temporary release-branch wording in the README with installation guidance.
 
 
-## 2.0.0 (release candidate)
-
 - Provide a Bzlmod library target with transitive Eigen and independent consumer checks.
 - Export CMake package targets without automatically invoking Conan or setting global compiler flags.
 - Replace the nonfunctional Conan 1 recipe with a tested Conan 2 header-only package and consumer.
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@
 - Prepare checksum-based BCR metadata from the actual release archive and test consumption through a generated registry without local overrides.
 - Keep version metadata synchronized across the C++ header, CMake, Conan and Bazel modules.
 
-The C++ API is unchanged; the build and package-manager migration motivates the major version. Publication/tagging and registry submission follow review and merge.
+The C++ API is unchanged; the build and package-manager migration motivates the major version. Bazel Central Registry registration is tracked separately from the source release.
 # 01/27/2021
 
 * Initial release
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
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--- a/RELEASING.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release 2.0.0
 
-This branch prepares a major release because integration now uses Bzlmod, exported CMake targets and Conan 2 instead of automatically invoking Conan 1. The C++17 library API is unchanged.
+Version 2.0.0 is a major release because integration now uses Bzlmod, exported CMake targets and Conan 2 instead of automatically invoking Conan 1. The C++17 library API is unchanged.
 
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