diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d42dbf8..0739396 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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-  ".": "2.0.0-beta.0"
+  ".": "2.0.0-alpha.0"
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diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 35192a8..be7037b 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [v2.0.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/compare/v1.2.2...v2.0.0-alpha.0) (2024-11-27)
+
+### Features
+
+* **NODE-4569:** add "musl" builds for Alpine Linux ([#12](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/issues/12)) ([b3dedc3](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/commit/b3dedc31a274df1eecb54b9092c8dd270f31c21c))
+* **NODE-6539:** add base napi C++ template with standard Node team tooling ([#28](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/issues/28)) ([8c40b08](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/commit/8c40b08782969c87b85d5d1bea0a753db73cc87f))
+* **NODE-6540:** Add c++ zstd compression API ([#30](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/issues/30)) ([6673245](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/commit/667324522600abc6f731b54a9d9a7c6e92954bef))
+* **NODE-6588:** add ssdlc to zstd ([#43](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/issues/43)) ([016d857](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/commit/016d857ccb76f01ebaf18e01756b571338723a16))
+
 ### [1.2.2](https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd/compare/v1.2.1...v1.2.2) (2024-09-16)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 28a2fd5..4d83d6d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@mongodb-js/zstd",
-  "version": "2.0.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@mongodb-js/zstd",
-      "version": "2.0.0-beta.0",
+      "version": "2.0.0-alpha.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
@@ -10045,4 +10045,4 @@
       "dev": true
     }
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6b2312..dfa46b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mongodb-js/zstd",
-  "version": "2.0.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.0",
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/mongodb-js/zstd",
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index c68f124..5b5f2c1 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
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