diff --git a/.changeset/pre.json b/.changeset/pre.json
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index 00000000..7f6a2bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pre.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "mode": "pre",
+  "tag": "rc",
+  "initialVersions": {
+    "@pockethost/dashboard": "0.4.1",
+    "pockethost": "1.7.0",
+    "pockethost-instance": "0.0.1"
+  },
+  "changesets": [
+    "funny-radios-behave",
+    "rare-beds-pull",
+    "tame-needles-play"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.changeset/rare-beds-pull.md b/.changeset/rare-beds-pull.md
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index 00000000..31fd41d4
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+++ b/.changeset/rare-beds-pull.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'pockethost': major
+---
+
+This release is a checkpoint release to jump over v1, which has been abandoned. v0 ended up becoming v2.
diff --git a/packages/pockethost/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/pockethost/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# pockethost
+
+## 2.0.0-rc.0
+
+This release is a checkpoint release to jump over v1, which has been abandoned. v0 ended up becoming v2.
diff --git a/packages/pockethost/package.json b/packages/pockethost/package.json
index c022309a..a38774fc 100644
--- a/packages/pockethost/package.json
+++ b/packages/pockethost/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pockethost",
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Ben Allfree",
     "url": "https://github.com/benallfree"