diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d1c0e1308..d69b2291f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "libs/providers/config-cat": "0.6.1",
   "libs/providers/launchdarkly-client": "0.3.0",
   "libs/providers/go-feature-flag-web": "0.2.0",
-  "libs/shared/flagd-core": "0.2.0",
+  "libs/shared/flagd-core": "0.2.1",
   "libs/shared/ofrep-core": "0.1.4",
   "libs/providers/ofrep": "0.1.3",
   "libs/providers/ofrep-web": "0.1.3",
diff --git a/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md b/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md
index e911a053d..3cf951bc9 100644
--- a/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/libs/shared/flagd-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.1](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/compare/flagd-core-v0.2.0...flagd-core-v0.2.1) (2024-04-16)
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* add targeting validation/warning ([#878](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/issues/878)) ([2a4dbcf](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/commit/2a4dbcf0daa6b55e7cc73aa9b4a1fb481054e752))
+
 ## [0.2.0](https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk-contrib/compare/flagd-core-v0.1.11...flagd-core-v0.2.0) (2024-04-15)
 
 
diff --git a/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json b/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json
index 87fc79adf..0ea5eb799 100644
--- a/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json
+++ b/libs/shared/flagd-core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openfeature/flagd-core",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "scripts": {
     "publish-if-not-exists": "cp $NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG .npmrc && if [ \"$(npm show $npm_package_name@$npm_package_version version)\" = \"$(npm run current-version -s)\" ]; then echo 'already published, skipping'; else npm publish --access public; fi",
     "current-version": "echo $npm_package_version"