diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dda532a..2458fc2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.3.0] - 2026-09-12
+
 ### Added
 
 - `tokenops.control.ledger_backend` — the `LedgerBackend` protocol and
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 38fa2a3..e7d3c23 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "agent-tokenops"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "TokenOps control plane and SDK for run-aware agent token governance"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/src/tokenops/__init__.py b/src/tokenops/__init__.py
index d128c59..eba1a18 100644
--- a/src/tokenops/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tokenops/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 load_env()
 
-__version__ = "0.2.1"
+__version__ = "0.3.0"
 
 
 def init() -> None: