diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa35a9cd..cbeb4730 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Mindee Python API Library Changelog
 
+## v4.24.0-rc1 - 2025-07-07
+### Changes
+* :sparkles: add support for mindee API V2 client & features
+* :recycle: remove support for python 3.7
+* :wrench: tweak CI & testing
+* :recycle: uniformize variable naming across files
+
+
 ## v4.23.0 - 2025-06-03
 ### Changes
 * :sparkles: add support for address fields
diff --git a/mindee/versions.py b/mindee/versions.py
index 10006eaa..844ad055 100644
--- a/mindee/versions.py
+++ b/mindee/versions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 
-__version__ = "4.23.0"
+__version__ = "4.24.0-rc1"
 
 PYTHON_VERSION = f"{sys.version_info[0]}.{sys.version_info[1]}"