diff --git a/bindings/wasm/CHANGELOG.md b/bindings/wasm/CHANGELOG.md
index dc1d87bced..b415752816 100644
--- a/bindings/wasm/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/bindings/wasm/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Security -->
 
+## 2.0.0-alpha.1 - 2024-03-26
+
+Initial alpha release of the wasm 2.0 bindings.
+
 ## 1.1.3 - 2024-01-29
 
 Same changes as https://github.com/iotaledger/iota-sdk/blob/develop/bindings/nodejs/CHANGELOG.md.
diff --git a/bindings/wasm/package.json b/bindings/wasm/package.json
index 42c27e64c5..c57ae6a94e 100644
--- a/bindings/wasm/package.json
+++ b/bindings/wasm/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@iota/sdk-wasm",
-    "version": "1.1.3",
+    "version": "2.0.0-alpha.1",
     "description": "WebAssembly bindings for the IOTA SDK library",
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
diff --git a/bindings/wasm/yarn.lock b/bindings/wasm/yarn.lock
index a42e9358ec..6e7d6f96b3 100644
--- a/bindings/wasm/yarn.lock
+++ b/bindings/wasm/yarn.lock
@@ -3389,7 +3389,7 @@ schema-utils@^4.0.0:
     ajv-formats "^2.1.1"
     ajv-keywords "^5.1.0"
 
-semver@7.x, semver@^6.3.0, semver@^6.3.1, semver@^7.3.2, semver@^7.3.7, semver@^7.5.2, semver@^7.5.3:
+semver@7.x, semver@^6.3.0, semver@^6.3.1, semver@^7.3.2, semver@^7.3.7, semver@^7.5.3, semver@^7.6.0:
   version "7.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.6.0.tgz#1a46a4db4bffcccd97b743b5005c8325f23d4e2d"
   integrity sha512-EnwXhrlwXMk9gKu5/flx5sv/an57AkRplG3hTK68W7FRDN+k+OWBj65M7719OkA82XLBxrcX0KSHj+X5COhOVg==
@@ -3902,7 +3902,7 @@ walker@^1.0.7:
   dependencies:
     makeerror "1.0.12"
 
-wasm-opt@^1.3.0:
+wasm-opt@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wasm-opt/-/wasm-opt-1.4.0.tgz#444dc8135b39879b5ea3a0650024d53d68f3c609"
   integrity sha512-wIsxxp0/FOSphokH4VOONy1zPkVREQfALN+/JTvJPK8gFSKbsmrcfECu2hT7OowqPfb4WEMSMceHgNL0ipFRyw==