diff --git a/.cz.yaml b/.cz.yaml
index 9dadfb3..d3612ed 100644
--- a/.cz.yaml
+++ b/.cz.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 commitizen:
   name: cz_conventional_commits
   tag_format: $version
-  version: 0.2.2
+  version: 0.3.0
   version_files:
     - package.json:version
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f80e77..2658c3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-## Unreleased
+## 0.3.0 (2026-04-23)
 
 ### Fix
 
-- fix encoder buffer overflow when a map value fills the initial 2 KB buffer exactly (#59)
+- encoder out of bounds (#59)
+- set environment in create_release_pr (#46)
 
 ### Refactor
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b608e84..53e7ef3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@dfinity/cbor",
-  "version": "0.2.2",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "description": "A small implementation of Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) in pure JavaScript.",
   "author": "DFINITY Stiftung",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",