diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28cc901..9d82402 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0](https://github.com/sovereignbase/bytecodec/compare/v1.7.0...v2.0.0) (2026-09-02)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* The root API now exposes only Bytes and types; legacy helpers were removed.
+
+### Features
+
+* refactor bytecodec API and add subpath exports ([551ded5](https://github.com/sovereignbase/bytecodec/commit/551ded51601bda90f7f996b29f512fe697b58308))
+
 ## [1.7.0](https://github.com/sovereignbase/bytecodec/compare/v1.6.1...v1.7.0) (2026-04-21)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 14fe380..b1c028f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@sovereignbase/bytecodec",
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "2.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@sovereignbase/bytecodec",
-      "version": "1.7.0",
+      "version": "2.0.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@cloudflare/vitest-plugin": "^1.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 621e3a0..b50d906 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@sovereignbase/bytecodec",
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "2.0.0",
   "description": "Runtime-agnostic TypeScript byte codecs for Base45, Base64, UTF-8, gzip, derivation, generation, normalization, concatenation, and comparison.",
   "keywords": [
     "base45",