diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: mlr3mbo
 Title: Flexible Bayesian Optimization
-Version: 0.2.3.9000
+Version: 0.2.4
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Lennart", "Schneider", , "lennart.sch@web.de", role = c("cre", "aut"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-4152-5308")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# mlr3mbo (development version)
+# mlr3mbo 0.2.4
+
+* fix: Improve runtime of `AcqOptimizer` by setting `check_values = FALSE`.
 
 # mlr3mbo 0.2.3