diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95881a2..5bb230f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 clojobuf
 =========
 
-clojure(script) library that dynamically interprets protobuf files (.proto) and use the resultant schemas to encode/decode plain clojure(script) map into/from protobuf binaries. Supports both proto2 and proto3.
+clojure(script) library that dynamically interprets protobuf files (.proto) and use the resultant schemas to encode/decode plain clojure(script) map into/from protobuf binaries. Supports proto2, proto3 and edition 2023.
 
 ## TL;DR
 Add the following to deps.edn (or its equivalent for lein).
 ```edn
-{:deps {com.github.s-expresso/clojobuf {:mvn/version "0.1.12"}}}
+{:deps {com.github.s-expresso/clojobuf {:mvn/version "0.2.0"}}}
 ```
 
 Say you have the following `example.proto` file
diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc55b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Releases
+========
+
+# v0.2.0
+* supports protobuf edition 2023
+* added `clojobuf.core/default-msg` method for creating a complete message filled based on the following rules:
+  * required: default (or `nil` for message field)
+  * optional: `nil`
+  * implicit: default
+  * repeated: `[]`
+  * oneof: `nil`
+  * map: {}
+* allow message field to be `nil` which will not be serialized and will be interpretted as absent during validation
+* `clojobuf.core/decode` will validate decoded message and return `nil` if it fails (i.e. missing required field)
+* `clojobuf.core/decode` will merge validated decoded message with the default before returning
+* use ordered-map for better dev QOL when viewing
+
+# v0.1.12
+* release: baseline
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.clj b/build.clj
index fb4c5fa..380ffd8 100644
--- a/build.clj
+++ b/build.clj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   (:require [clojure.tools.build.api :as b]))
 
 (def lib 'com.github.s-expresso/clojobuf)
-(def version "0.1.12") ;(format "0.0.%s" (b/git-count-revs nil))
+(def version "0.2.0") ;(format "0.0.%s" (b/git-count-revs nil))
 (def class-dir "target/classes")
 (def basis (b/create-basis {:project "deps.edn"}))
 (def jar-file (format "target/%s-%s.jar" (name lib) version))
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 87b6c75..324883a 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@
                     :exec-fn deps-deploy.deps-deploy/deploy
                     :exec-args {:installer :remote
                                 :sign-releases? false
-                                :artifact "target/clojobuf-0.1.12.jar"}}}}
+                                :artifact "target/clojobuf-0.2.0.jar"}}}}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00bd3e2..a7a9692 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <groupId>com.github.s-expresso</groupId>
   <artifactId>clojobuf</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.12</version>
+  <version>0.2.0</version>
   <name>clojobuf</name>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/s-expresso/clojobuf.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/s-expresso/clojobuf.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>v0.1.12</tag>
+    <tag>v0.2.0</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/s-expresso/clojobuf</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
       <artifactId>clojure</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.1</version>
+      <version>1.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
       <artifactId>test.check</artifactId>
       <version>0.10.0</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.rpl</groupId>
+      <artifactId>specter</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.4</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.javascript</groupId>
       <artifactId>closure-compiler-unshaded</artifactId>
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.s-expresso</groupId>
       <artifactId>rubberbuf</artifactId>
-      <version>0.1.9.a</version>
+      <version>0.3.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.s-expresso</groupId>