diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6062470..c02432a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 
 
+## v0.3.0 (2024-06-07)
+
+### Feature
+
+* feat: semantic versioning tested. used this commit to bump ([`eea6e55`](https://github.com/openwebsearcheu-public/owi-cli/commit/eea6e5524eecf369efc8f5f1a0061a8af8cfb7e6))
+
+
 ## v0.2.0 (2024-06-07)
 
 ### Feature
diff --git a/owilix/_version.py b/owilix/_version.py
index cc5f310..86bec0a 100644
--- a/owilix/_version.py
+++ b/owilix/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # These version placeholders will be replaced later during substitution.
-__version__ = "0.2.0"
+__version__ = "0.3.0"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c10f414..ee16424 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "owilix"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "OWILIX - the Command Line Interface for slicing and consuming the Open Web Index. "
 authors = ["Michael Granitzer <michael.granitzer@uni-passau.de>"]
 license = "MIT"