diff --git a/.changeset/config.json b/.changeset/config.json
index 3d53556a..5b5554bf 100644
--- a/.changeset/config.json
+++ b/.changeset/config.json
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@
   "linked": [],
   "access": "restricted",
   "baseBranch": "v2",
-  "updateInternalDependencies": "patch",
-  "ignore": ["@hyperdx/api", "@hyperdx/app"]
+  "updateInternalDependencies": "patch"
 }
diff --git a/.changeset/pre.json b/.changeset/pre.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0338f156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pre.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "mode": "pre",
+  "tag": "beta",
+  "initialVersions": {
+    "@hyperdx/api": "1.9.0",
+    "@hyperdx/app": "1.9.0",
+    "@hyperdx/common-utils": "0.1.0"
+  },
+  "changesets": ["famous-poets-rush", "perfect-nails-doubt", "taco-cat-v2"]
+}
diff --git a/.changeset/taco-cat-v2.md b/.changeset/taco-cat-v2.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48ead31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/taco-cat-v2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@hyperdx/app": major
+---
+
+bumps to v2 beta
diff --git a/.env b/.env
index d736546c..01acd6eb 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ LOCAL_IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/hyperdxio/hyperdx-local
 LOCAL_IMAGE_NAME_DOCKERHUB=hyperdx/hyperdx-local
 OTEL_COLLECTOR_IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/hyperdxio/hyperdx-otel-collector
 OTEL_COLLECTOR_IMAGE_NAME_DOCKERHUB=hyperdx/hyperdx-otel-collector
-IMAGE_VERSION_SUB_TAG=.8
+CHANGESET_TAG=2.0.0-beta.9
+IMAGE_VERSION_SUB_TAG=.9
 IMAGE_VERSION=2-beta
 
 # Set up domain URLs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 02dd85b6..67e13ee4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,23 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [v2]
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
 jobs:
-  release:
-    name: Release
+  publish_common_utils:
+    name: Publish @hyperdx/common-utils
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      changeset_outputs_hasChangesets:
+        ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.hasChangesets }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
       - name: Setup node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -22,19 +32,49 @@ jobs:
         id: changesets
         uses: changesets/action@v1
         with:
+          commit: 'chore(release): bump HyperDX app/package versions'
+          title: 'chore(release): bump HyperDX app/package versions'
           version: yarn run version
+          publish: yarn release
         env:
           YARN_ENABLE_IMMUTABLE_INSTALLS: false
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        continue-on-error: true
-      - name: Creating .npmrc
-        run: |
-          cat << EOF > "$HOME/.npmrc"
-            //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN
-          EOF
-        env:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Publish
-        if: steps.changesets.outputs.hasChangesets == 'false'
-        # You can do something when a publish should happen.
-        run: yarn release
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    needs: publish_common_utils
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        release:
+          [
+            'release-app',
+            'release-otel-collector',
+            'release-local',
+            'release-local-ui',
+          ]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Load environment variables from .env
+        uses: xom9ikk/dotenv@v2
+      - name: Publish images
+        if:
+          needs.publish_common_utils.outputs.changeset_outputs_hasChangesets ==
+          'false'
+        run: make ${{ matrix.release }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4d2638a0..bf9666cf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ release-local:
 		-t ${LOCAL_IMAGE_NAME_DOCKERHUB}:${IMAGE_VERSION}${IMAGE_VERSION_SUB_TAG} \
 		-t ${LOCAL_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION} \
 		-t ${LOCAL_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION}${IMAGE_VERSION_SUB_TAG} \
-		--push &
+		--push \
+   	--cache-from=type=gha \
+    --cache-to=type=gha,mode=max
+
+.PHONY: release-local-ui
+release-local-ui:
 	docker buildx build . -f ./packages/app/Dockerfile \
 		--build-arg IS_LOCAL_MODE=true \
 		--build-arg PORT=${HYPERDX_APP_PORT} \
@@ -94,16 +99,24 @@ release-local:
 		-t ${LOCAL_IMAGE_NAME_DOCKERHUB}:${IMAGE_VERSION}-ui \
 		-t ${LOCAL_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION}${IMAGE_VERSION_SUB_TAG}-ui \
 		-t ${LOCAL_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION}-ui \
-		--push
+		--push \
+   	--cache-from=type=gha \
+    --cache-to=type=gha,mode=max
 
-.PHONY: release
-release:
+.PHONY: release-otel-collector
+release-otel-collector:
 	docker buildx build --platform ${BUILD_PLATFORMS} ./docker/otel-collector \
 		-t ${OTEL_COLLECTOR_IMAGE_NAME_DOCKERHUB}:${IMAGE_VERSION}${IMAGE_VERSION_SUB_TAG} \
 		-t ${OTEL_COLLECTOR_IMAGE_NAME_DOCKERHUB}:${IMAGE_VERSION} \
 		-t ${OTEL_COLLECTOR_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION}${IMAGE_VERSION_SUB_TAG} \
 		-t ${OTEL_COLLECTOR_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION} \
-		--target prod --push & \
+		--target prod \
+		--push \
+   	--cache-from=type=gha \
+    --cache-to=type=gha,mode=max
+
+.PHONY: release-app
+release-app:
 	docker buildx build --squash . -f ./docker/fullstack/Dockerfile \
 		--build-context fullstack=./docker/fullstack \
 		--build-context api=./packages/api \
@@ -113,4 +126,7 @@ release:
 		-t ${IMAGE_NAME_DOCKERHUB}:${IMAGE_VERSION} \
 		-t ${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION}${IMAGE_VERSION_SUB_TAG} \
 		-t ${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION} \
-		--target prod --push
+		--target prod \
+		--push \
+	 	--cache-from=type=gha \
+		--cache-to=type=gha,mode=max
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65cdf6c4..36dd9405 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "dev": "yarn app:dev",
     "postdev": "docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml down",
     "lint": "npx nx run-many -t ci:lint",
-    "version": "npx changeset version && yarn",
+    "version": "make version",
     "release": "npx nx run-many --target=build --projects=@hyperdx/common-utils && npx changeset publish"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
diff --git a/packages/api/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/api/CHANGELOG.md
index a5001b7f..e3589a07 100644
--- a/packages/api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # @hyperdx/api
 
+## 2.0.0-beta.0
+
 ## 1.9.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index df3e71d6..8d96872e 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperdx/api",
-  "version": "1.9.0",
+  "version": "2.0.0-beta.9",
   "license": "MIT",
   "private": true,
   "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/app/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/app/CHANGELOG.md
index f4506102..b15a2acc 100644
--- a/packages/app/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/app/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # @hyperdx/app
 
+## 2.0.0-beta.0
+
+### Major Changes
+
+- bumps to v2 beta
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- b3f3151: Allow to create Slack Webhooks from Team Settings page
+- b690db8: Introduce event panel overview tab
+
 ## 1.9.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/packages/app/package.json b/packages/app/package.json
index 0dfde2a1..de49a83e 100644
--- a/packages/app/package.json
+++ b/packages/app/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperdx/app",
-  "version": "2-beta",
+  "version": "2.0.0-beta.9",
   "private": true,
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index ed07ffc5..291778cf 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-yarn changeset version
+# update packages versions
+npx changeset version
+
+# upload yarn.lock
+yarn
 
 # update root package.json version
 API_LATEST_VERSION=$(sed -n 's/.*"version": "\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' ./packages/api/package.json)
@@ -13,11 +17,14 @@ if [ "$API_LATEST_VERSION" != "$APP_LATEST_VERSION" ]; then
 fi
 
 # update root package.json version
-sed -i '' -e "s/\"version\": \".*\"/\"version\": \"$API_LATEST_VERSION\"/g" ./package.json
+sed -i '' 's/\("version":\s*"\)[^"]*/\"$API_LATEST_VERSION\"/' package.json
 echo "Updated root package.json version to $API_LATEST_VERSION"
 
-# update .env IMAGE_VERSION
-sed -i '' -e "s/IMAGE_VERSION=.*/IMAGE_VERSION=$API_LATEST_VERSION/g" ./.env
-echo "Updated .env IMAGE_VERSION to $API_LATEST_VERSION"
+# update tags in .env 
+sed -i '' -e "s/CHANGESET_TAG=.*/CHANGESET_TAG=$API_LATEST_VERSION/g" ./.env
+echo "Updated .env CHANGESET_TAG to $API_LATEST_VERSION"
 
-echo "Run 'make release' to publish new version to GHCR"
+sed -i '' -e "s/IMAGE_VERSION_SUB_TAG=.*/IMAGE_VERSION_SUB_TAG=${API_LATEST_VERSION##*-beta}/g" ./.env
+echo "Updated .env IMAGE_VERSION_SUB_TAG to ${API_LATEST_VERSION##*-beta}"
+
+echo "Run 'make release' to publish images"