diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 66904ac..4191c88 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.4.4"
+  ".": "3.0.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 322e06d..b1624b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ---
 
+## [3.0.0](https://github.com/Mirkoddd/Sift/compare/sift-v2.4.4...sift-v3.0.0) (2026-03-06)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* SiftPattern now requires a generic context <Ctx>. Invalid regex compositions (like applying modifiers to fixed quantifiers or nesting roots) will now fail at compile-time instead of runtime.
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* implement Type-Driven Design and Phantom Types for compile-time safety ([dae1784](https://github.com/Mirkoddd/Sift/commit/dae17843ec156aeb4f378cc27e63495eefccee1c))
+
 ## [2.4.4](https://github.com/Mirkoddd/Sift/compare/sift-v2.4.3...sift-v2.4.4) (2026-03-06)
 
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1331b82..eec5017 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 allprojects {
     group = 'com.mirkoddd'
-    version = '2.4.4' // x-release-please-version
+    version = '3.0.0' // x-release-please-version
 
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()