diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70d8ed8..fc96d1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,10 +7,21 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://book.async.rs/overview
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+# [1.6.0-beta.2] - 2020-05-19
+
+## Added 
+
+- Added an environment variable to configure the thread pool size of the runtime. ([#774](https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/pull/774))
+- Implement `Clone` for `UnixStream` ([#772](https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/pull/772))
+
 ## Changed
 
 - For `wasm`, switched underlying `Timer` implementation to [`futures-timer`](https://github.com/async-rs/futures-timer). ([#776](https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/pull/776))
 
+## Fixed
+
+- Use `smol::block_on` to handle drop of `File`, avoiding nested executor panic. ([#768](https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/pull/768))
+
 # [1.6.0-beta.1] - 2020-05-07
 
 ## Added
@@ -701,8 +712,9 @@ task::blocking(async {
 
 - Initial beta release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/compare/v1.5.0...HEAD
-[1.6.0-beta.1]: https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/compare/v1.4.0...v1.6.0-beta.1
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/compare/v1.6.0-beta.2...HEAD
+[1.6.0-beta.2]: https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/compare/v1.6.0-beta.1...v1.6.0-beta.2
+[1.6.0-beta.1]: https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0-beta.1
 [1.5.0]: https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/compare/v1.4.0...v1.5.0
 [1.4.0]: https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/compare/v1.3.0...v1.4.0
 [1.3.0]: https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a1d31e..7dae8f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "async-std"
-version = "1.6.0-beta.1"
+version = "1.6.0-beta.2"
 authors = [
   "Stjepan Glavina <stjepang@gmail.com>",
   "Yoshua Wuyts <yoshuawuyts@gmail.com>",
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ slab = { version = "0.4.2", optional = true }
 surf = { version = "1.0.3", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "unknown"))'.dependencies]
-smol = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true }
+smol = { version = "0.1.8", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 futures-timer = { version = "3.0.2", optional = true, features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b98786a..e3486d0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 //!
 //! ```toml
 //! [dependencies.async-std]
-//! version = "1.6.0-beta.1"
+//! version = "1.6.0-beta.2"
 //! features = ["unstable"]
 //! ```
 //!
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 //!
 //! ```toml
 //! [dependencies.async-std]
-//! version = "1.6.0-beta.1"
+//! version = "1.6.0-beta.2"
 //! features = ["attributes"]
 //! ```
 //!
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 //!
 //! ```toml
 //! [dependencies.async-std]
-//! version = "1.6.0-beta.1"
+//! version = "1.6.0-beta.2"
 //! default-features = false
 //! features = ["std"]
 //! ```
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 //!
 //! ```toml
 //! [dependencies.async-std]
-//! version = "1.6.0-beta.1"
+//! version = "1.6.0-beta.2"
 //! default-features = false
 //! features = ["alloc"]
 //! ```