diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e39cca441ab379f6da7d3f28a5d309e11bb314fa..a0bc8327421a469b7b7327f650fe78639d3f500c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+1.1.0RC2 - UX upgrade beta release
+features:
+- many UI and UX improvements:
+ * updated gateway selector
+ * new settings screen
+ * updated VPN main screen
+ * updated exclude apps screen
+ - show UDP settings
+ - show snowflake settings
+
+ bugfixes:
+ - fix save battery feature
+ - fix disappearing action bar subtitles after orientation change
+
 1.1.0RC1 - early snowflakes release
 features:
 - support of tor and snowflake to circumvent censorship of the API server
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 844a2550d995c7994a63e6e1606a58eed5f84da9..35ae12a0f22a879bf46b331f62ed24c9a11bca2e 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ android {
 
   defaultConfig {
     applicationId "se.leap.bitmaskclient"
-    versionCode 156
-    versionName "1.1.0RC1"
+    versionCode 157
+    versionName "1.1.0RC2"
     minSdkVersion 16
     targetSdkVersion 30
     vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true