diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a4c699d2..6db5b0fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3107,7 +3107,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "radicle-git-metadata"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d33ff486..8f2a022b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ radicle-core = { version = "0.2", path = "crates/radicle-core" }
 radicle-crypto = { version = "0.16", path = "crates/radicle-crypto" }
 radicle-dag = { version = "0.10", path = "crates/radicle-dag" }
 radicle-fetch = { version = "0.17", path = "crates/radicle-fetch" }
-radicle-git-metadata = { version = "0.1.0", path = "crates/radicle-git-metadata", default-features = false }
+radicle-git-metadata = { version = "0.2.0", path = "crates/radicle-git-metadata", default-features = false }
 radicle-git-ref-format = { version = "0.1.0", path = "crates/radicle-git-ref-format", default-features = false }
 radicle-localtime = { version = "0.1", path = "crates/radicle-localtime" }
 radicle-node = { version = "0.17", path = "crates/radicle-node" }
diff --git a/crates/radicle-git-metadata/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/radicle-git-metadata/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82b16a5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/radicle-git-metadata/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Removed
+
+### Security
+
+## 0.2.0
+
+### Added
+
+- Add parsing functionality for the `CommitData` type using
+  `CommitData::from_bytes` and `CommitData::from_str`.
diff --git a/crates/radicle-git-metadata/Cargo.toml b/crates/radicle-git-metadata/Cargo.toml
index 86b175ac..3a66660a 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-git-metadata/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/radicle-git-metadata/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "radicle-git-metadata"
 description = "Radicle structs that carry Git commit metadata"
 homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 keywords = ["radicle", "git", "metadata"]