diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2bd13ff..34aa532 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 
-## (unreleased)
+## 0.1.7 RC 2 (2018-04-06)
+
+### Features
+
+* support for declaring placeholders with the `#external` directive
 
 ### Internal
 
diff --git a/app/main.cpp b/app/main.cpp
index 1399cdd..fc4ba0e 100644
--- a/app/main.cpp
+++ b/app/main.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (version)
 	{
-		std::cout << "anthem version 0.1.7-git" << std::endl;
+		std::cout << "anthem version 0.1.7-rc.2" << std::endl;
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}