diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2be9c43..0ee8c01 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.0"
+  ".": "0.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ab71275..5f80c0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.3.0](https://github.com/scortexio/git-merge-onto/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0) (2026-07-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* say "which absorbed" instead of "dropping" under --absorbed ([#5](https://github.com/scortexio/git-merge-onto/issues/5)) ([f09cdf8](https://github.com/scortexio/git-merge-onto/commit/f09cdf80f76ff806f57920cf672b3855ff94aa57))
+
 ## [0.2.0](https://github.com/scortexio/git-merge-onto/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0) (2026-07-05)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4187164..872af7d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "git-merge-onto"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "Re-parent a branch by merge instead of rebase: the git merge equivalent of `git rebase --onto`, without rewriting history."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"