diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea0a79e..a26ab11 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,9 +2,32 @@ This project uses [**Break Versioning**](https://www.taoensso.com/break-versioni
 
 ---
 
+# `v1.0.0-beta2` (2024-04-23)
+
+> **Dep/s**: [Telemere](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/telemere/versions/1.0.0-beta2) and [Telemere SLF4J provider](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere/versions/1.0.0-beta2) are on Clojars.  
+> **Versioning**: Telemere uses [Break Versioning](https://www.taoensso.com/break-versioning).
+
+This is a **maintenance pre-release** mainly intended to fix an issue with beta1's AOT support. Telemere also no longer automatically adds an OpenTelemetry handler when OpenTelemetry is present. Instead, see the docs for [manually adding an OpenTelemetry handler](https://github.com/taoensso/telemere/wiki/3-Config#opentelemetry).
+
+Please **report any unexpected problems** on [GitHub](https://github.com/taoensso/telemere/issues) or the [Slack channel](https://www.taoensso.com/telemere/slack), thank you! 🙏
+
+\- Peter
+
+## Changes since `v1.0.0-beta1`
+
+* c47759dd [mod] Don't auto add OpenTelemetry handler
+* a9e40296 [mod] Rename `clojure.tools.logging` sys val
+* 9ccb815d [mod] Fix AOT support, don't alias conditional vars
+
+## New since `v1.0.0-beta1`
+
+* Misc improvements to docs
+
+---
+
 # `v1.0.0-beta1` (2024-04-19)
 
-> **Dep/s**: [Telemere](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/telemere/versions/1.0.0-beta1) and [Telemere SLF4J provider](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere) are on Clojars.  
+> **Dep/s**: [Telemere](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/telemere/versions/1.0.0-beta1) and [Telemere SLF4J provider](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere/versions/1.0.0-beta1) are on Clojars.  
 > **Versioning**: Telemere uses [Break Versioning](https://www.taoensso.com/break-versioning).
 
 This is Telemere's first public pre-release and mostly intended for early testers and those that'd like to give feedback.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c69f8d8..135bbe7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ It helps enable Clojure/Script systems that are **observable**, **robust**, and
 
 ## Latest release/s
 
-- `v1.0.0-beta1`: [release info](../../releases/tag/v1.0.0-beta1)
+- `v1.0.0-beta2`: [release info](../../releases/tag/v1.0.0-beta2)
 
 [![Main tests][Main tests SVG]][Main tests URL]
 [![Graal tests][Graal tests SVG]][Graal tests URL]
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 7d1a008..6c790eb 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-beta1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-beta2"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Structured telemetry library for Clojure/Script"
   :url "https://www.taoensso.com/telemere"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     [[org.clojure/test.check              "1.1.1"]
      [org.clojure/tools.logging           "1.3.0"]
      [org.slf4j/slf4j-api                "2.0.13"]
-     [com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere  "1.0.0-alpha6"]
+     [com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere   "1.0.0-beta2"]
      ;; [org.slf4j/slf4j-simple          "2.0.13"]
      ;; [org.slf4j/slf4j-nop             "2.0.13"]
      [io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-api                         "1.37.0"]
diff --git a/slf4j/project.clj b/slf4j/project.clj
index dbe8b14..9f453c3 100644
--- a/slf4j/project.clj
+++ b/slf4j/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere "1.0.0-beta1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere "1.0.0-beta2"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Telemere backend/provider for SLF4J API v2"
   :url "https://www.taoensso.com/telemere"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
    {:dependencies
     [[org.clojure/clojure   "1.11.2"]
      [org.slf4j/slf4j-api   "2.0.13"]
-     [com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-beta1"]]}
+     [com.taoensso/telemere "1.0.0-beta2"]]}
 
    :dev
    {:plugins