diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/CHANGELOG.md b/bindings/nodejs/CHANGELOG.md
index f3e5e0901e..cf50ed0f67 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/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 - 2024-03-22
+
+Initial alpha release of the Nodejs 2.0 bindings.
+
 ## 1.1.5 - 2024-01-29
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/package.json
index 8df91cf4f7..378077c194 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@iota/sdk",
-    "version": "1.1.6",
+    "version": "2.0.0-alpha.1",
     "description": "Node.js binding to the IOTA SDK library",
     "main": "out/index.js",
     "types": "out/index.d.ts",