diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2be9c43..0ee8c01 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.0"
+  ".": "0.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 382f705..b4ab372 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.3.0](https://github.com/bluegardenproject/github-butler/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0) (2026-05-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **update:** add installer and startup update prompt ([d9c78c9](https://github.com/bluegardenproject/github-butler/commit/d9c78c98001c0399ffd0a7ce2de1f870e4faa9d5))
+
 ## [0.2.0](https://github.com/bluegardenproject/github-butler/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0) (2026-05-09)
 
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e1b16da..b018ffe 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 // Release Please bumps this on every release via the `extra-files`
 // entry in release-please-config.json, so the in-tree default also
 // matches the latest tagged release between rebuilds.
-var Version = "0.2.0" // x-release-please-version
+var Version = "0.3.0" // x-release-please-version
 
 // BuildTime is the UTC timestamp the binary was built at, set via:
 //