diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 10f3091..6b7b74c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.0"
+  ".": "0.3.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edeeb23..a0861e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.3.0](https://github.com/cerebruminc/types-nameparser/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0) (2025-09-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* enhance metadata in pyproject.toml with authors, license, and classifiers ([d24350a](https://github.com/cerebruminc/types-nameparser/commit/d24350a65e22f97b4ae6f2782eddaa80a7ab0d60))
+
 ## [0.2.0](https://github.com/cerebruminc/types-nameparser/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0) (2025-09-11)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e54ab77..8e51d58 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "types-nameparser"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "Typing stubs for the nameparser library"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"