diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e7cf9b33..0ee8c012 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.8"
+  ".": "0.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ece9ddc..701dec6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.3.0](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/compare/v0.2.8...v0.3.0) (2026-03-13)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* minimum nitro-modules version is now 0.35.0
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* upgrade nitro-modules to 0.35.0 ([#172](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/issues/172)) ([c989fa5](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/commit/c989fa595036ace3110c4bbe0142f2a8f8a268f6)), closes [#169](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/issues/169)
+
 ## [0.2.8](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-nitro-react-native/compare/v0.2.7...v0.2.8) (2026-03-13)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a7ef86b9..3e992398 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rive-app/react-native",
-  "version": "0.2.8",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "description": "Rive React Native",
   "main": "./lib/module/index.js",
   "types": "./lib/typescript/src/index.d.ts",