diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index 461d94ac..0ee8c012 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.5"
+  ".": "0.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3246c4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.3.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync/compare/v0.2.5...v0.3.0) (2025-02-04)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* upgrade to protocol v26 (gateway) ([#567](https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync/issues/567))
+* **cli:** replay transactions when forking at a tx hash ([#557](https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync/issues/557))
+
+### Features
+
+* **cli:** replay transactions when forking at a tx hash ([#557](https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync/issues/557)) ([a955a9b](https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync/commit/a955a9bad062046d17aac47c0c5d86738af3f538))
+* upgrade to protocol v26 (gateway) ([#567](https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync/issues/567)) ([94da53c](https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync/commit/94da53c8fab17423d7f4280f1df3139ee0d4db95))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add protocol version 26 ([#580](https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync/issues/580)) ([7465bc7](https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync/commit/7465bc7f50de819caf909907d129f5f3e575a159))
+* make `anvil_reset` follow the same logic as main ([#569](https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync/issues/569)) ([0000e7d](https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync/commit/0000e7ddf3585c395b3e68e57dd29e0e6c294713))
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df7eb62f..bb950ddc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ strip = "debuginfo" # Automatically strip symbols from the binary.
 lto = "thin"        # Enable link-time optimization.
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.2.5" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.3.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["The Matter Labs Team <hello@matterlabs.dev>"]
 homepage = "https://zksync.io/"