diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8683c16..670bf2b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### [0.2.1] - 2026-06-16
+
+- Build `landlock-safe-exec` without Ruby extension `$(LIBS)` to avoid unnecessary runtime library dependencies and improve SafeExec helper startup time.
+
 ### [0.2] - 2026-04-30
 
 - Add `Landlock::SafeExec.capture`, backed by a compiled `landlock-safe-exec` helper, for subprocess capture with Landlock, optional seccomp network denial, resource limits, exact environment handling, stdin, timeout handling, process-group cleanup, result metadata, and output limits.
diff --git a/ext/landlock/extconf.rb b/ext/landlock/extconf.rb
index 087dbef..90c8df7 100644
--- a/ext/landlock/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/landlock/extconf.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       all: #{helper}
 
       #{helper}: #{helper_src}
-      \t$(CC) $(INCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) #{helper_src} -o #{helper} $(LIBS)
+      \t$(CC) $(INCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) #{helper_src} -o #{helper}
 
       install: install-#{helper}
 
diff --git a/lib/landlock/version.rb b/lib/landlock/version.rb
index 9d6daa8..f64abe8 100644
--- a/lib/landlock/version.rb
+++ b/lib/landlock/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Landlock
-  VERSION = "0.2"
+  VERSION = "0.2.1"
 end