diff --git a/doc/library.rst b/doc/library.rst
index 76bfc1be0..7c73509f4 100644
--- a/doc/library.rst
+++ b/doc/library.rst
@@ -114,5 +114,5 @@ What's new
 
 .. include::
    release.rst
-   :start-after: Release 0.2.0
-   :end-before: Release 0.1.4
+   :start-after: Release 0.2.1
+   :end-before: Release 0.2.0
diff --git a/doc/release.rst b/doc/release.rst
index d9caf3bb8..43ebed123 100644
--- a/doc/release.rst
+++ b/doc/release.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,45 @@ Release Notes
 
 .. _stable:
 
+*************
+Release 0.2.1
+*************
+
+Major Features and Improvements
+===============================
+
+-  The theory glossary has been improved to include the notions of vectorization, kernel and amplitude for persistence diagrams.
+-  The ``ripser`` function in ``gtda.externals.python.ripser_interface`` no longer uses scikit-learn's ``pairwise_distances`` when
+   ``metric`` is ``'precomputed'``, thus allowing square arrays with negative entries or infinities to be passed.
+-  ``check_point_clouds`` in ``gtda.utils.validation`` now checks for square array input when the input should be a collection of
+   distance-type matrices. Warnings guide the user to correctly setting the ``distance_matrices`` parameter. ``force_all_finite=False``
+   no longer means accepting NaN input (only infinite input is accepted).
+-  ``VietorisRipsPersistence`` in ``gtda.homology.simplicial`` no longer masks out infinite entries in the input to be fed to
+   ``ripser``.
+-  The docstrings for ``check_point_clouds`` and ``VietorisRipsPersistence`` have been improved to reflect these changes and the
+   extra level of generality for ``ripser``.
+
+Bug Fixes
+=========
+
+-  The variable used to indicate the location of Boost headers has been renamed from ``Boost_INCLUDE_DIR`` to ``Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS``
+   to address developer installation issues in some Linux systems.
+
+Backwards-Incompatible Changes
+==============================
+
+-  The keyword parameter ``distance_matrix`` in ``check_point_clouds`` has been renamed to ``distance_matrices``.
+
+Thanks to our Contributors
+==========================
+
+This release contains contributions from many people:
+
+Umberto Lupo, Anibal Medina-Mardones, Julian Burella Pérez, Guillaume Tauzin, and Wojciech Reise.
+
+We are also grateful to all who filed issues or helped resolve them, asked and answered questions, and were part of
+inspiring discussions.
+
 *************
 Release 0.2.0
 *************
diff --git a/gtda/_version.py b/gtda/_version.py
index 9d0c2f8e6..7ffe6f6dd 100644
--- a/gtda/_version.py
+++ b/gtda/_version.py
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
 
-__version__ = '0.2.0'
+__version__ = '0.2.1'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 136183950..a90c4784c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 MAINTAINER_EMAIL = 'maintainers@giotto.ai'
 URL = 'https://github.com/giotto-ai/giotto-tda'
 LICENSE = 'GNU AGPLv3'
-DOWNLOAD_URL = 'https://github.com/giotto-ai/giotto-tda/tarball/v0.2.0'
+DOWNLOAD_URL = 'https://github.com/giotto-ai/giotto-tda/tarball/v0.2.1'
 VERSION = __version__  # noqa
 CLASSIFIERS = ['Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
                'Intended Audience :: Developers',