diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: ClassiPyR
 Title: A Shiny App for Manual Image Classification and Validation of IFCB Data
-Version: 0.2.1.9000
+Version: 0.3.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Anders", "Torstensson", email = "anders.torstensson@smhi.se", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c("Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute", ORCID = "0000-0002-8283-656X")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# ClassiPyR (development version)
+# ClassiPyR 0.3.0
 
 - ClassiPyR now requires R >= 4.4.0 (for base R's `%||%` operator, which the app already relied on).
 - **Python is no longer required.** iRfcb 0.10.0 reads and writes MATLAB `.mat` files with a native R implementation, so ClassiPyR now requires `iRfcb >= 0.10.0` and all Python-related code has been removed: `reticulate` is no longer an Import, the app no longer initializes a Python environment at startup, and the "Python not available" warnings and export blocks are gone — `.mat` saving, SQLite → `.mat` export and MATLAB ZIP export work out of the box for everyone.
diff --git a/inst/CITATION b/inst/CITATION
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--- a/inst/CITATION
+++ b/inst/CITATION
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ bibentry(
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-8283-656X"))
   ),
   year     = "2026",
-  note     = "R package version 0.2.1",
+  note     = "R package version 0.3.0",
   url      = "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18414999",
   textVersion = paste(
     "Torstensson, A. (2026).",
     "ClassiPyR: A Shiny Application for Manual Image Classification and Validation of IFCB Data.",
-    "R package version 0.2.1.",
+    "R package version 0.3.0.",
     "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18414999"
   )
 )