diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e52477..50e9b9e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## actions development version
+## actions 0.2.4
 
 - fix `post-release` to make sure the sliding branch is created from the latest release tag. (#53, @kelly-sovacool)
 - fix `build-docker` to set `$DOCKERFILE_BASENAME` for copying the Dockerfile inside the container. (#59, @kelly-sovacool)
diff --git a/src/ccbr_actions/CITATION.cff b/src/ccbr_actions/CITATION.cff
index ce739a8..cf537be 100644
--- a/src/ccbr_actions/CITATION.cff
+++ b/src/ccbr_actions/CITATION.cff
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ identifiers:
   - description: Archived snapshots of all versions
     type: doi
     value: 10.5281/zenodo.13761059
-version: v0.2.3
-date-released: "2024-12-23"
+version: v0.2.4
+date-released: "2025-01-24"
diff --git a/src/ccbr_actions/VERSION b/src/ccbr_actions/VERSION
index 6b2eab2..abd4105 100644
--- a/src/ccbr_actions/VERSION
+++ b/src/ccbr_actions/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.3-dev
+0.2.4