diff --git a/libs/core/poetry.lock b/libs/core/poetry.lock
index c5ff89ed9c0..eda00e260fa 100644
--- a/libs/core/poetry.lock
+++ b/libs/core/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.2 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "annotated-types"
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "langchain-text-splitters"
-version = "0.0.2"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "LangChain text splitting utilities"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ files = []
 develop = true
 
 [package.dependencies]
-langchain-core = ">=0.1.28,<0.3"
+langchain-core = "^0.2.0"
 
 [package.extras]
 extended-testing = ["beautifulsoup4 (>=4.12.3,<5.0.0)", "lxml (>=4.9.3,<6.0)"]
diff --git a/libs/core/pyproject.toml b/libs/core/pyproject.toml
index 6c0ddbe4b57..6c9b20c274f 100644
--- a/libs/core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/libs/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "langchain-core"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2rc1"
 description = "Building applications with LLMs through composability"
 authors = []
 license = "MIT"