diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb3c13a..9693f65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+<a name="0.3.0"></a>
+# [0.3.0](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-mfs/compare/v0.2.5...v0.3.0) (2018-08-09)
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* write files to repo outside of write lock ([63940b4](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-mfs/commit/63940b4))
+
+
+
 <a name="0.2.5"></a>
 ## [0.2.5](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-mfs/compare/v0.2.4...v0.2.5) (2018-08-02)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16d2fc0..48eda38 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ipfs-mfs",
-  "version": "0.2.5",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "description": "JavaScript implementation of the IPFS Mutable File System",
   "leadMaintainer": "Alex Potsides <alex.potsides@protocol.ai>",
   "main": "src/index.js",