diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ad815df208c909e10e5da9b7fab05b706ad73ea..f1c6e94230537336c398e16b06e40b75b6377adb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 <!--next-version-placeholder-->
 
+## v0.3.0 (2023-01-15)
+### Feature
+* **dataset:** Introduce parameter to choose first sample to be extracted ([`125fe83`](https://gitlab1.ptb.de/m4d/zema_emc_annotated/-/commit/125fe8362dca4db3feeebf5d7b5c6030a93a3e2c))
+
 ## v0.2.1 (2022-12-30)
 ### Fix
 * **dataset:** Remove strict hash checking to drastically increase performance ([`00a7a73`](https://gitlab1.ptb.de/m4d/zema_emc_annotated/-/commit/00a7a7367eb69221b6ff395151a392080cef32c8))
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 15f66bc44f7c40104a079afd634193a3005a8819..2b9e76e70323535b09f7197e4c4936ffcbd675a0 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ author = "B. Ludwig"
 # built documents.K
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 # release = "1.3.1"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 69b590b3021211c557d6766c5083203c3144794b..86bc76ead9443014ef7a1e31c35ac913a9812502 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "zema_emc_annotated"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "API to the annotated ZeMA dataset about an electro-mechanical cylinder"
 authors = [
     "Bjoern Ludwig <bjoern.ludwig@ptb.de>",