diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff86bb12580a..c21de55c68ca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+<a name="2.0.0-alpha.3"></a>
+# [2.0.0-alpha.3 cotton-candelabrum](https://github.com/angular/material2/compare/2.0.0-alpha.2...v2.0.0-alpha.3) (2016-04-21)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **button:** remove ref to Event global (for node) ([76e4f56](https://github.com/angular/material2/commit/76e4f56))
+* **input:** convert values entered based on the type input ([e7611ce](https://github.com/angular/material2/commit/e7611ce))
+* **progress-circle:** actually render on Firefox & Edge (#283) ([d24a5b3](https://github.com/angular/material2/commit/d24a5b3))
+* **sidenav:** do not throw when there's no sidenav. (#270) ([cc2b223](https://github.com/angular/material2/commit/cc2b223)), closes [#269](https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/269)
+
+### Features
+
+* **progress-bar:** initial progress-bar impl. (#130) ([c640f0c](https://github.com/angular/material2/commit/c640f0c)), closes [#40](https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/40)
+* **gestures:** add basic gesture demos ([d4a3cde](https://github.com/angular/material2/commit/d4a3cde))
+* **input:** add support for spellcheck attribute (#316) ([dfee018](https://github.com/angular/material2/commit/dfee018))
+* **list:** add nav list styles ([22c1ea3](https://github.com/angular/material2/commit/22c1ea3))
+* **list:** syntactic sugar for simple nav lists ([c21c336](https://github.com/angular/material2/commit/c21c336))
+* **a11y:** live-announcer supports using a provided live element (#273) ([1a33a5b](https://github.com/angular/material2/commit/1a33a5b)), closes [#267](https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/267)
+
+
+
 <a name="2.0.0-alpha.2"></a>
 # [2.0.0-alpha.2 diamond-haircut](https://github.com/angular/material2/compare/2.0.0-alpha.1...v2.0.0-alpha.2) (2016-04-06)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bbd405a26701..8837096f1bc0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "inline-resources": "gulp inline-resources",
     "deploy": "firebase deploy"
   },
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 4.2.1 < 5"
diff --git a/scripts/release/update-changelog.js b/scripts/release/changelog.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 98%
rename from scripts/release/update-changelog.js
rename to scripts/release/changelog.js
index a196b8fd9890..3b4e137b5f2a
--- a/scripts/release/update-changelog.js
+++ b/scripts/release/changelog.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
 'use strict';
 /**
  * Creates a conventional changelog from the current git repository / metadata.
@@ -42,4 +44,4 @@ if (!isForce) {
 
 function getOutputStream() {
   return fs.createWriteStream('CHANGELOG.md');
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/components/button/package.json b/src/components/button/package.json
index a871a9748541..2a3d0925a177 100644
--- a/src/components/button/package.json
+++ b/src/components/button/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular2-material/button",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Angular 2 Material button",
   "main": "./button.js",
   "typings": "./button.d.ts",
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/material2#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "angular2": "^2.0.0-beta.8",
-    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.2"
+    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/card/package.json b/src/components/card/package.json
index 2de5b37f69f9..edcffa006a20 100644
--- a/src/components/card/package.json
+++ b/src/components/card/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular2-material/card",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Angular 2 Material card",
   "main": "./card.js",
   "typings": "./card.d.ts",
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/material2#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "angular2": "^2.0.0-beta.8",
-    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.2"
+    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/checkbox/package.json b/src/components/checkbox/package.json
index 0cc95e5a5415..bd98504fe03b 100644
--- a/src/components/checkbox/package.json
+++ b/src/components/checkbox/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular2-material/checkbox",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Angular 2 Material checkbox",
   "main": "./checkbox.js",
   "typings": "./checkbox.d.ts",
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/material2#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "angular2": "^2.0.0-beta.8",
-    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.2"
+    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/input/package.json b/src/components/input/package.json
index 58beda6ad43b..6af76afaf14c 100644
--- a/src/components/input/package.json
+++ b/src/components/input/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular2-material/input",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Angular 2 Material input",
   "main": "./input.js",
   "typings": "./input.d.ts",
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/material2#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "angular2": "^2.0.0-beta.8",
-    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.2"
+    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/list/package.json b/src/components/list/package.json
index fb4e2e17d3e1..dc406f2e406e 100644
--- a/src/components/list/package.json
+++ b/src/components/list/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular2-material/list",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Angular 2 Material list",
   "main": "./list.js",
   "typings": "./list.d.ts",
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/material2#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "angular2": "^2.0.0-beta.8",
-    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.2"
+    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/progress-bar/package.json b/src/components/progress-bar/package.json
index 09bf4621dc66..3e85e1069093 100644
--- a/src/components/progress-bar/package.json
+++ b/src/components/progress-bar/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular2-material/progress-bar",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Angular 2 Material progress-bar",
   "main": "./progress-bar.js",
   "typings": "./progress-bar.d.ts",
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/material2#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "angular2": "^2.0.0-beta.8",
-    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.2"
+    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/progress-circle/package.json b/src/components/progress-circle/package.json
index 803af4030cf8..47f951ec3f51 100644
--- a/src/components/progress-circle/package.json
+++ b/src/components/progress-circle/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular2-material/progress-circle",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Angular 2 Material progress-circle",
   "main": "./progress-circle.js",
   "typings": "./progress-circle.d.ts",
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/material2#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "angular2": "^2.0.0-beta.8",
-    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.2"
+    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/radio/package.json b/src/components/radio/package.json
index ae8f6ff6677d..23510f4d2129 100644
--- a/src/components/radio/package.json
+++ b/src/components/radio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular2-material/radio",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Angular 2 Material radio",
   "main": "./radio.js",
   "typings": "./radio.d.ts",
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/material2#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "angular2": "^2.0.0-beta.8",
-    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.2"
+    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/sidenav/package.json b/src/components/sidenav/package.json
index 4009720a7b71..810e818005b5 100644
--- a/src/components/sidenav/package.json
+++ b/src/components/sidenav/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular2-material/sidenav",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Angular 2 Material sidenav",
   "main": "./sidenav.js",
   "typings": "./sidenav.d.ts",
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/material2#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "angular2": "^2.0.0-beta.8",
-    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.2"
+    "@angular2-material/core": "2.0.0-alpha.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/toolbar/package.json b/src/components/toolbar/package.json
index b3ff62876536..49d8c5ce7d39 100644
--- a/src/components/toolbar/package.json
+++ b/src/components/toolbar/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular2-material/toolbar",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Angular 2 Material toolbar",
   "main": "./toolbar.js",
   "typings": "./toolbar.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/core/package.json b/src/core/package.json
index 890fb7657fbc..6466e33b35b5 100644
--- a/src/core/package.json
+++ b/src/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular2-material/core",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Angular 2 Material core",
   "main": "./core.js",
   "typings": "./core.d.ts",