diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c310185..974a4d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ This CHANGELOG follows the format listed at [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachang
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Breaking Changes
+- bumped `sensu-plugin` dependency to 2.x which removes in handler filtering for `occurrences`. If you want to keep using the same filtering features you must specify it and ensure that you have applied the filter by setting `"filters": ["occurrences"]`. For more information see [here](https://blog.sensuapp.org/deprecating-event-filtering-in-sensu-plugin-b60c7c500be3) (@majormoses)
+
 ## [2.0.0] - 2017-10-21
 ### Breaking Changes
 - `handler-slack-multichannel.rb`: Fixed title unknown issue when using proxy clients, change from client address to client name (@autumnw)
diff --git a/sensu-plugins-slack.gemspec b/sensu-plugins-slack.gemspec
index 57ac533..8869db4 100644
--- a/sensu-plugins-slack.gemspec
+++ b/sensu-plugins-slack.gemspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.version                = SensuPluginsSlack::Version::VER_STRING
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'erubis',         '2.7.0'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'sensu-plugin',   '~> 1.2'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'sensu-plugin',   '~> 2.0'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'bundler',                   '~> 1.7'
   s.add_development_dependency 'codeclimate-test-reporter', '~> 0.4'