diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index 91032bb..05da276 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -1,27 +1,28 @@
-name: npm-publish
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master # Change this to your default branch
-jobs:
-  npm-publish:
-    name: npm-publish
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@master
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@master
-        with:
-          node-version: 12.4.0
-      - name: Build library
-        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile && yarn run build
-      - name: Publish if version has been updated
-        uses: pascalgn/npm-publish-action@51fdb4531e99aac1873764ef7271af448dc42ab4
-        with: # All of theses inputs are optional
-          tag_name: "v%s"
-          tag_message: "v%s"
-          commit_pattern: "^Release (\\S+)"
-        env: # More info about the environment variables in the README
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Leave this as is, it's automatically generated
-          NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN }} # You need to set this in your repo settings
+# TODO: replace with something that uses beta tags depending on version
+#name: npm-publish
+#on:
+#  push:
+#    branches:
+#      - master # Change this to your default branch
+#jobs:
+#  npm-publish:
+#    name: npm-publish
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#    steps:
+#      - name: Checkout repository
+#        uses: actions/checkout@master
+#      - name: Set up Node.js
+#        uses: actions/setup-node@master
+#        with:
+#          node-version: 12.4.0
+#      - name: Build library
+#        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile && yarn run build
+#      - name: Publish if version has been updated
+#        uses: pascalgn/npm-publish-action@51fdb4531e99aac1873764ef7271af448dc42ab4
+#        with: # All of theses inputs are optional
+#          tag_name: "v%s"
+#          tag_message: "v%s"
+#          commit_pattern: "^Release (\\S+)"
+#        env: # More info about the environment variables in the README
+#          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Leave this as is, it's automatically generated
+#          NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN }} # You need to set this in your repo settings
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac04478..d0baf72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [1.2.0-rc.1]
+## [2.0.0-rc.1]
 
 #### Features
 - switched to aegir for building and linting
-- replaced some Buffer usage with Uint8Arrays
+- using peer id with Uint8Arrays (breaking!)
 
 ## [1.1.2]
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eac00ae..98b56fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "libp2p-noise",
-  "version": "1.2.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "2.0.0-beta",
   "main": "dist/src/index.js",
   "types": "dist/src/index.d.ts",
   "files": [