diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4b4eb5fa..90a221c6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 # bunyan Changelog
 
+See [the bunyan@1.x changelog](https://github.com/trentm/node-bunyan/blob/1.x/CHANGES.md)
+for details on recent 1.x releases.
+
 Known issues:
 
 - [issue #58] Can't install to a dir with spaces. This is [this node-gyp
   bug](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp/issues/65).
 
+
 ## not yet released
 
+(nothing yet)
+
+## 2.0.5 (beta)
+
 - [pull #575, #278] Change the default "req" serializer to accept expressjs's
   `req.originalUrl` for the "url" field per
   <https://expressjs.com/en/api.html#req.originalUrl>. (By @twelve17 and
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d47c5412..1403b3a6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bunyan",
-  "version": "2.0.4",
+  "version": "2.0.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d7ceb328..b154b498 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bunyan",
-  "version": "2.0.4",
+  "version": "2.0.5",
   "description": "a JSON logging library for node.js services",
   "author": "Trent Mick <trentm@gmail.com> (http://trentm.com)",
   "main": "./lib/bunyan.js",