diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.1.0](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/url-loader/compare/v2.0.1...v2.1.0) (2019-07-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* improved validation error messages ([#187](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/url-loader/issues/187)) ([f3d4dd2](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/url-loader/commit/f3d4dd2))
+
+
+
 ### [2.0.1](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/url-loader/compare/v2.0.0...v2.0.1) (2019-06-25)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
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--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "url-loader",
-  "version": "2.0.1",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5ff05a..0c9f4a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "url-loader",
-  "version": "2.0.1",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "description": "A loader for webpack which transforms files into base64 URIs",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "webpack-contrib/url-loader",