diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 9077ff47..8ca81d02 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.2.3
+current_version = 0.3.0
 files = setup.py appletree/__init__.py
 commit = True
 tag = True
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index bfb2cc48..f701e748 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+v0.3.0 / 2023-08-31
+-------------------
+* Fix function name to `simulate_weighted_data`, nothing else changed by @dachengx in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/99
+* Stop jax from preallocating memory by @dachengx in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/100
+* fix meshgrid binning by @hoetzsch in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/101
+* Binning is not required by Component by @dachengx in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/103
+* Upper clipping on binomial randgen in normal approx by @xzh19980906 in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/107
+* Rename fake maps by @xzh19980906 in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/106
+* Update fake maps filenames by @dachengx in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/108
+* Skip mongo DB when finding files by @xzh19980906 in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/111
+* Raise error if file does not exist by @xzh19980906 in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/110
+* Rename lce to correction by @dachengx in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/109
+* Add function to check the usage of configs, check_unused_configs by @dachengx in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/112
+* Proposal to use pre-commit for continuous integration by @dachengx in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/113
+
+## New Contributors
+* @hoetzsch made their first contribution in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/101
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/compare/v0.2.3...v0.3.0
+
+
 v0.2.3 / 2023-05-29
 -------------------
 * Add pip install user by @dachengx in https://github.com/XENONnT/appletree/pull/96
diff --git a/appletree/__init__.py b/appletree/__init__.py
index a776b142..7c4479b9 100644
--- a/appletree/__init__.py
+++ b/appletree/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.3"
+__version__ = "0.3.0"
 
 # stop jax to preallocate memory
 import os
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 857fd245..e8b82699 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def open_requirements(path):
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="appletree",
-    version="0.2.3",
+    version="0.3.0",
     description="A high-Performance Program simuLatEs and fiTs REsponse of xEnon.",
     author="Appletree contributors, the XENON collaboration",
     long_description=readme + "\n\n" + history,