diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 **unreleased**
 **v1.0.2-dev**
+- Declare `bump2version` as unmaintained
 - Housekeeping: migrated from travis+appveyor to GitHub Actions for CI, thanks @clbarnes
 
 **v1.0.1**
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 [![image](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/bump2version.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/bump2version/)
 [![GitHub Actions](https://github.com/c4urself/bump2version/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/c4urself/bump2version/actions)
 
-## NOTE
-
-This is a maintained fork of the excellent [bumpversion project](https://github.com/peritus/bumpversion).
+> ⚠️ **Warning**
+>
+> `bump2version` is **no longer maintained**.
+>
+> You should **switch to [`bump-my-version`](https://github.com/callowayproject/bump-my-version)**.
 
 ## Overview