diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index af55ef0..0ee8c01 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.1"
+  ".": "0.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa02f49..b03d598 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.3.0](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.2.1...v0.3.0) (2025-05-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add support for configuring manifest description via env var ([193f815](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/193f81593a5c4c57151014b895ebc911c2b3710f))
+
 ## [0.2.1](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.2.0...v0.2.1) (2025-05-08)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3b87758..a519669 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "webstreamr",
-      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "version": "0.3.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "cheerio": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b1bb6fc..400f6ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
   "description": "Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites.",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "scripts": {
     "analyse": "tsc --noEmit",
diff --git a/src/addon.ts b/src/addon.ts
index 5ceacd2..a144065 100644
--- a/src/addon.ts
+++ b/src/addon.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const handlers: Handler[] = [
 
 const manifest: Manifest = {
   id: process.env['MANIFEST_ID'] || 'webstreamr',
-  version: '0.2.1', // x-release-please-version
+  version: '0.3.0', // x-release-please-version
   name: process.env['MANIFEST_NAME'] || 'WebStreamr',
   description: process.env['MANIFEST_DESCRIPTION'] || 'Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites.',
   resources: [