diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aed2e56..4b0cac1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ This file contains all notable changes to Bambu-Pipe.
 
 ---
 
+## [v0.10.2] - 2026-09-23
+
+### Fixed
+- `--output_dir` is now typed as `String` instead of `Path`; typed `Path` params must already exist, so a new output directory failed validation when the trace, timeline, report and DAG reports (which create it first) were disabled
+
 ## [v0.10.1] - 2026-08-26
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/main.nf b/main.nf
index dbe2b2c..9b69d40 100644
--- a/main.nf
+++ b/main.nf
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ params {
     input: Path
     genome: Path
     annotation: Path
-    output_dir: Path
+    output_dir: String
     chemistry: String?
     technology: String?
     bam_only: Boolean
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 725fc66..690c916 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ manifest {
     name        = 'Bambu-Pipe'
     description = 'Context-aware transcript quantification from long-read single-cell and spatial transcriptomics data'
     author      = 'Andre Sim, Chin Hao Lee, Min Hao Ling'
-    version     = 'v0.10.1'
+    version     = 'v0.10.2'
     mainScript  = 'main.nf'
     nextflowVersion = '!>=26.04.0'
 }