diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 123f0a84..c9d82759 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry": "0.2.0",
+  "hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry": "0.3.0",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-flagd": "0.2.6",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-ofrep": "0.2.0",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-flipt": "0.1.3",
diff --git a/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index e5214197..9b2a7de1 100644
--- a/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.3.0](https://github.com/chrfwow/python-sdk-contrib/compare/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/v0.2.0...openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/v0.3.0) (2025-10-02)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* drop Python 3.8 support ([#187](https://github.com/chrfwow/python-sdk-contrib/issues/187))
+
+### chore
+
+* drop Python 3.8 support ([#187](https://github.com/chrfwow/python-sdk-contrib/issues/187)) ([b55cc1e](https://github.com/chrfwow/python-sdk-contrib/commit/b55cc1e0f823d05a330c12af6861dbd3bec69c3a))
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* fix types for hints in OTel TracingHook ([#73](https://github.com/chrfwow/python-sdk-contrib/issues/73)) ([24260fb](https://github.com/chrfwow/python-sdk-contrib/commit/24260fb519d18590d82e9aae1cf824b9e6ca7f17))
+* remove modifications to license files ([#81](https://github.com/chrfwow/python-sdk-contrib/issues/81)) ([a23f61e](https://github.com/chrfwow/python-sdk-contrib/commit/a23f61e1c14c70e45a4bce4a014d5599813f1d28))
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* migrate to uv ([#293](https://github.com/chrfwow/python-sdk-contrib/issues/293)) ([9590554](https://github.com/chrfwow/python-sdk-contrib/commit/9590554be4c8a7f77b0c0f20d6b48076c9870f52))
+
 ## [0.2.0](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/compare/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/v0.1.3...openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/v0.2.0) (2025-02-21)
 
 
diff --git a/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/pyproject.toml b/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/pyproject.toml
index ded42d3c..794448c8 100644
--- a/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/pyproject.toml
+++ b/hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [project]
 name = "openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "OpenTelemetry hooks for the OpenFeature Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "OpenFeature", email = "openfeature-core@groups.io" }]