diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 1ccc30a8..de236116 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Manimpango 1.0.0a2 (2023-04-30)
+===============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Include ``*.pxi`` files in tarball. Without these the package cannot be
+  installed from source.
+- Raise on invalid ``string`` passed to :class:`FontDescriptor` constructor.
+  Previously, it silently crashed.
+
+
 Manimpango 1.0.0a1 (2023-04-29)
 ===============================
 
diff --git a/manimpango/_version.py b/manimpango/_version.py
index 066d55aa..384d1cbe 100644
--- a/manimpango/_version.py
+++ b/manimpango/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-__version__ = "1.0.0a1"
+__version__ = "1.0.0a2"
diff --git a/news/+invalid-font.bugfix.rst b/news/+invalid-font.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c19e3bd..00000000
--- a/news/+invalid-font.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Raise on invalid ``string`` passed to :class:`FontDescriptor` constructor.
-Previously, it silently crashed.
diff --git a/news/+tarball.bugfix.rst b/news/+tarball.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 99224c23..00000000
--- a/news/+tarball.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Include ``*.pxi`` files in tarball. Without these the package cannot be
-installed from source.