diff --git a/base/README.md b/base/README.md
index a2b316707..ca90c1385 100644
--- a/base/README.md
+++ b/base/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 The LaTeX kernel
 ================
 
-Release 2024-06-01 patch level 1
+Release 2024-06-01 patch level 2
 
 Overview
 --------
diff --git a/base/changes.txt b/base/changes.txt
index 0b4668a7c..4e378a6a5 100644
--- a/base/changes.txt
+++ b/base/changes.txt
@@ -6,16 +6,20 @@ to completeness or accuracy and it contains some references to files that are
 not part of the distribution.
 ================================================================================
 
+================================================================================
+All changes above are only part of the development branch for the next release.
+================================================================================
+
+#########################
+# 2024-06-01 PL2 Release
+#########################
+
 2024-06-23  Yukai Chou  <muzimuzhi@gmail.com>
 
 	* ltpara.dtx
 	Append \everypar toks to \g__parar_standard_everypar_tl, rollback
 	2023/06/01 (gh/1386)
 
-================================================================================
-All changes above are only part of the development branch for the next release.
-================================================================================
-
 #########################
 # 2024-06-01 PL1 Release
 #########################
diff --git a/base/ltvers.dtx b/base/ltvers.dtx
index 557b7b487..15e662d84 100644
--- a/base/ltvers.dtx
+++ b/base/ltvers.dtx
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
    {2024-06-01}
 %</2ekernel|latexrelease>
 %<*2ekernel>
-\def\patch@level{1}
+\def\patch@level{2}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % \begin{macro}{\development@branch@name}