diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8aae4d8..7af2119 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## v2.6.0-alpha1 / 2014-Jan-22
+## v2.6.0-alpha2 / 2014-Jan-23
 
 **WARNING**: This is an **EXPERIMENTAL early testing release** and **unsuitable for use in production**. Welcoming feedback on any issues, etc.!
 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * **BREAKING**: the experimental `Compressable-LZMA2` type has changed (less overhead).
  * **DEPRECATED**: `freeze-to-stream!`, `thaw-from-stream!` are deprecated in favor of the more general `freeze-to-out!`, `thaw-from-in!`.
  * **DEPRECATED**: `:legacy-mode` options. This was being used mainly for headerless freezing, so a new headerless mode is taking its place.
+ * Public utils now available for custom type extension: `write-bytes`, `write-biginteger`, `write-utf8`, `write-compact-long`, and respective readers.
 
 ### Fixes
  * None.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4f62e0..f7af7b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ```clojure
 [com.taoensso/nippy "2.5.2"] ; Stable
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0-alpha1"] ; EXPERIMENTAL early testing release, unsuitable for production
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0-alpha2"] ; EXPERIMENTAL early testing release, unsuitable for production
 ```
 
 v2.6 will be a backwards-compatible release with: improved performance (incl. frozen data size), a new low-level DataInput/DataOuput API, improved support for headerless freezing, and 1-to-1 binary-value representation guarantees. See the [Changelog](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for details.
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 3e94180..6554c29 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0-alpha1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.6.0-alpha2"
   :description "Clojure serialization library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"