diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2151a59..3deec45 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rxing"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 description="A rust port of the zxing barcode library."
 license="Apache-2.0"
 repository="https://github.com/hschimke/rxing"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a2b1ae..06606d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ fn main() {
 ```
 
 ## Latest Release Notes
+v0.2.4 -> Add helper functions for common cases (read a file, use raw luma8 data).
+
 v0.2.3 -> Implement most suggestions from clippy, as well as some simple changes, no surface changes.
 
 v0.2.0 -> Dramatically improve performance when cropping a BufferedImageLuminanceSource.