diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+Changelog
+---------
+
+**2.0.0**
+
+- use correct semantic versioning as described in https://semver.org. Needed for Ansible Galaxy importer as it now insists on using semantic versioning.
+- moved changelog entries to separate file
+- make Ansible linter happy
+- no major changes but decided to start a new major release as versioning scheme changed quite heavily
+
+**v1.0.2**
+
+- update README
+
+**v1.0.1**
+
+- update README
+
+**v1.0.0**
+
+- initial implementation
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 Changelog
 ---------
 
-**v1.0.2**
-
-- update README
-
-**v1.0.1**
-
-- update README
-
-**v1.0.0**
-
-- initial implementation
-
+see [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/githubixx/ansible-role-wireguard/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
 
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