diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 726c1ec..72675ad 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Contributors listed in alphabetical order.
 
+Aditya Sapra <110766802+adityacodes30@users.noreply.github.com>
 Ali Salesi <ali_sal1381@yahoo.com>
 Amit Jimiwal <amitjimiwal45@gmail.com>
 Athan Reines <kgryte@gmail.com>
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ Daniel Killenberger <daniel.killenberger@gmail.com>
 Dominik Moritz <domoritz@gmail.com>
 Dorrin Sotoudeh <dorrinsotoudeh123@gmail.com>
 Frank Kovacs <fran70kk@gmail.com>
+GUNJ JOSHI <gunjjoshi8372@gmail.com>
 Harshita Kalani <harshitakalani02@gmail.com>
 James Gelok <jdgelok@gmail.com>
 Jaysukh Makvana <jaysukhmakvana2004@gmail.com>
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ Joey Reed <joeyrreed@gmail.com>
 Jordan Gallivan <115050475+Jordan-Gallivan@users.noreply.github.com>
 Joris Labie <joris.labie1@gmail.com>
 Justin Dennison <justin1dennison@gmail.com>
+Karthik Prakash <116057817+skoriop@users.noreply.github.com>
 Marcus Fantham <mfantham@users.noreply.github.com>
 Matt Cochrane <matthew.cochrane.eng@gmail.com>
 Milan Raj <rajsite@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ Naresh Jagadeesan <naresh.naresh000@gmail.com>
 Nithin Katta <88046362+nithinkatta@users.noreply.github.com>
 Ognjen Jevremović <ognjenjevremovic@users.noreply.github.com>
 Philipp Burckhardt <pburckhardt@outlook.com>
+Prajwal Kulkarni <prajwalkulkarni76@gmail.com>
 Pranav Goswami <goswami.4@iitj.ac.in>
 Ricky Reusser <rsreusser@gmail.com>
 Robert Gislason <gztown2216@yahoo.com>
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ Roman Stetsyk <25715951+romanstetsyk@users.noreply.github.com>
 Ryan Seal <splrk@users.noreply.github.com>
 Seyyed Parsa Neshaei <spneshaei@users.noreply.github.com>
 Shraddheya Shendre <shendreshraddheya@gmail.com>
+Spandan Barve <114365550+marsian83@users.noreply.github.com>
 Stephannie Jiménez Gacha <steff456@hotmail.com>
 Yernar Yergaziyev <yernar.yergaziyev@erg.kz>
 orimiles5 <97595296+orimiles5@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ed2eb3..f6ac62c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ Copyright &copy; 2016-2024. The Stdlib [Authors][stdlib-authors].
 [npm-image]: http://img.shields.io/npm/v/@stdlib/array-empty.svg
 [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/@stdlib/array-empty
 
-[test-image]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/array-empty/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?branch=main
-[test-url]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/array-empty/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=branch:main
+[test-image]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/array-empty/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?branch=v0.2.1
+[test-url]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/array-empty/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=branch:v0.2.1
 
 [coverage-image]: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/stdlib-js/array-empty/main.svg
 [coverage-url]: https://codecov.io/github/stdlib-js/array-empty?branch=main
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index efe5848..adcc086 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@stdlib/array-empty",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "description": "Create an uninitialized array having a specified length.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": {
@@ -38,21 +38,22 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@stdlib/array-base-zeros": "^0.2.0",
-    "@stdlib/array-defaults": "^0.2.0",
-    "@stdlib/array-typed-ctors": "^0.2.0",
-    "@stdlib/array-zeros": "^0.2.0",
-    "@stdlib/assert-is-nonnegative-integer": "^0.2.0",
+    "@stdlib/array-base-zeros": "^0.2.1",
+    "@stdlib/array-defaults": "^0.2.1",
+    "@stdlib/array-typed-ctors": "^0.2.1",
+    "@stdlib/array-zeros": "^0.2.1",
+    "@stdlib/assert-is-nonnegative-integer": "^0.2.1",
     "@stdlib/assert-is-uint8array": "^0.2.1",
-    "@stdlib/buffer-alloc-unsafe": "^0.2.0",
-    "@stdlib/ndarray-base-bytes-per-element": "^0.2.0",
+    "@stdlib/buffer-alloc-unsafe": "^0.2.1",
+    "@stdlib/ndarray-base-bytes-per-element": "^0.2.1",
     "@stdlib/string-format": "^0.2.1",
-    "@stdlib/types": "^0.3.2"
+    "@stdlib/types": "^0.3.2",
+    "@stdlib/error-tools-fmtprodmsg": "^0.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@stdlib/array-complex128": "^0.2.0",
     "@stdlib/array-complex64": "^0.2.0",
-    "@stdlib/array-dtypes": "^0.2.0",
+    "@stdlib/array-dtypes": "^0.2.1",
     "@stdlib/array-float32": "^0.2.1",
     "@stdlib/array-float64": "^0.2.1",
     "@stdlib/array-int16": "^0.2.1",
@@ -64,16 +65,16 @@
     "@stdlib/array-uint8c": "^0.2.1",
     "@stdlib/assert-instance-of": "^0.2.1",
     "@stdlib/assert-is-array": "^0.2.1",
-    "@stdlib/assert-is-typed-array": "^0.2.0",
-    "@stdlib/assert-is-typed-array-like": "^0.2.0",
-    "@stdlib/math-base-special-pow": "^0.2.0",
+    "@stdlib/assert-is-typed-array": "^0.2.1",
+    "@stdlib/assert-is-typed-array-like": "^0.2.1",
+    "@stdlib/math-base-special-pow": "^0.2.1",
     "@stdlib/strided-base-reinterpret-complex128": "^0.2.1",
     "@stdlib/strided-base-reinterpret-complex64": "^0.2.0",
     "proxyquire": "^2.0.0",
     "tape": "git+https://github.com/kgryte/tape.git#fix/globby",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.1",
     "tap-min": "git+https://github.com/Planeshifter/tap-min.git",
-    "@stdlib/bench-harness": "^0.2.0"
+    "@stdlib/bench-harness": "^0.2.1"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.10.0",