## Version 2.0.0.0-rc1 Release Notes

Compatible with OpenSearch 2.0.0-rc1

### Maintenance
* Upgrades to Opensearch 2.0, Gradle 7.3 and fixes ([#110](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/110))
* Add support for -Dbuild.version_qualifier ([#115](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/115))
* Remove usage of mapping types ([#119](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/119))
* Remove hardcoding of versions in workflow ([#120](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/120))
* Add qualifier default as alpha ([#123](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/123))
* Change 2.0-alpha1 to 2.0-rc1 ([#131](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/131))

### Infrastructure
* Adding support for integration tests with remote cluster ([#111](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/111))
* Remove support for JDK 8 ([#114](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/114))
* Remove support for JDK 14 ([#125](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/125))
* Updated issue templates from .github. ([#126](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/126))
* Replace checked-in ZIP with a dynamic dependency ([#133](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/133))

### Documentation
* Change master nomenclature ([#116](https://github.com/opensearch-project/asynchronous-search/pull/116))