diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 550e8092fed0e6e98cbfd9a8ca37db6ae1c3ba9d..49cebc790ed403e357a2cf5a9711d0afcb4aea5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 - removed search-as-you-type feature, as it is not mature yet
 - fixed notebook path problem in special environments
-- connection dialog: show when connection is being established
-- upload dialog: better (and faster) file chooser
+- improved download path
+- connection dialog: show that connection is being established
+- upload dialog: improved file chooser
 - upload dialog: save notebook automatically before upload
 
 ## new in jupyter-openbis-extension 0.2.4
diff --git a/jupyter-openbis-extension/__init__.py b/jupyter-openbis-extension/__init__.py
index e2e90709b6932b3fab394ec2b22c380dde22b446..2e1b42c1462eb92b6d31866d4863c762320e1b89 100644
--- a/jupyter-openbis-extension/__init__.py
+++ b/jupyter-openbis-extension/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = 'jupyter-openbis-extension.server'
 __author__ = 'Swen Vermeul'
 __email__ = 'swen@ethz.ch'
-__version__ = '0.2.8.dev1'
+__version__ = '0.3.0'
 
 def _jupyter_server_extension_paths():
     return [{
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9b9058b9b343b6134c3076d87bbc7acee3bd36f9..6aecfbb0054a3e1292fe49efc7ee2b20e6de8332 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
 
 setup(
     name='jupyter-openbis-extension',
-    version= '0.2.8.dev1',
+    version= '0.3.0',
     author='Swen Vermeul |  ID SIS | ETH Zürich',
     author_email='swen@ethz.ch',
     description='Extension for Jupyter notebooks to connect to openBIS and download/upload datasets, inluding the notebook itself',