diff --git a/perl/Changes b/perl/Changes
index 18041d4e..fb31a69d 100644
--- a/perl/Changes
+++ b/perl/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.02
+
+    - added $Data::MessagePack::PreferInteger
+      (requested by yappo++)
+
 0.01
 
     - initial release to CPAN
diff --git a/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm b/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm
index e7077f5a..712d3b5c 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use warnings;
 use XSLoader;
 use 5.008001;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.01';
+our $VERSION = '0.02';
 
 XSLoader::load(__PACKAGE__, $VERSION);