diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 22c0b0b..ac11a2b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: butcher
 Title: Model Butcher
-Version: 0.2.0.9000
+Version: 0.3.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Joyce", "Cahoon", , "joyceyu48@gmail.com", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-7217-4702")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index cff748a..c1f7f57 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# butcher (development version)
+# butcher 0.3.0
 
 * Julia Silge is now the maintainer (#230).