diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 33b71cf36..bfdcd05c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,28 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.3.0] - 2024-08-06
+
+### Added
+
+- enabled nginx logs [(#281)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/281)
+- Access Logs [(#285)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/285)
+- github actions: zango release workflow [(#301)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/301)
+- github actions: frontend build generation workflow [(#316)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/316)
+- contribution doc and fix use_latest template tag [(#293)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/293)
+- Support for telemetry, loguru, refactored settings [(#296)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/296)
+- create_app_user util for objects [(#338)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/338)
+- 403 returned instead of 404 in internal_use_only decorator [(#339)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/339)
+- utils modified to take otel defaults if not defined in settings [(#341)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/341)
+- package name search added in app panel [(#333)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/333)
+- cypress e2e tests [(#342)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/342)
+
+### Fixed
+- gitpod fix [(#286)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/286)
+- missing version for dependencies [(#320)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/320)
+- auditlogs now gets default timezone of host if timezone is not specified [(#322)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/322)
+- fix: installing requirements and postgres issue in project setup with docker [(#326)](https://github.com/Healthlane-Technologies/Zango/pull/326)
+
 ## [0.2.1] - 2024-06-26
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/backend/setup.py b/backend/setup.py
index 4305a7c03..1fef98f31 100644
--- a/backend/setup.py
+++ b/backend/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 README = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "README.md")
 
-PLATFORM_VERSION = "0.2.1"
+PLATFORM_VERSION = "0.3.0"
 
 
 def get_requirements(env):
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def get_requirements(env):
         "Framework :: Django",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable"
+        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     ],
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
diff --git a/backend/src/zango/__init__.py b/backend/src/zango/__init__.py
index bbdab178c..b9a837f64 100644
--- a/backend/src/zango/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/src/zango/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from zango.core import internal_requests
 
-__version__ = "0.2.1"
+__version__ = "0.3.0"