diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff54a2c..7c638dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@ This file is updated upon each release.
 Changes since the last release can be found at <https://github.com/emilk/egui_plot/compare/latest...HEAD> or by running the `scripts/generate_changelog.py` script.
 
 
+## 0.30.0 - 2024-12-17
+
+Full diff at https://github.com/emilk/egui_plot/compare/0.29.0..HEAD
+
+#### PRs
+* Update to egui `0.30.0`, MSRV to 1.80 [#59](https://github.com/emilk/egui_plot/pull/59) by [@bircni](https://github.com/bircni)
+* Allow setting a line's fill area's alpha channel [#34](https://github.com/emilk/egui_plot/pull/34) by [@maxded](https://github.com/maxded)
+* Use `Vec2b` in parameters [#43](https://github.com/emilk/egui_plot/pull/43) by [@bircni](https://github.com/bircni)
+* Fix axis thickness for multiple X or Y axes [#60](https://github.com/emilk/egui_plot/pull/60) by [@raymanfx](https://github.com/raymanfx)
+* Fix axis labels overlap with axis ticks [#57](https://github.com/emilk/egui_plot/pull/57) by [@mkalte666](https://github.com/mkalte666)
+* Add `PlotUi::add_item(Box<dyn PlotItem>)` [#51](https://github.com/emilk/egui_plot/pull/51) by [@freeformstu](https://github.com/freeformstu)
+* Implement custom ruler color for Plot [#47](https://github.com/emilk/egui_plot/pull/47) by [@gweisert](https://github.com/gweisert)
+
+
 ## 0.29.0 - 2024-09-26
 * Update to egui 0.29 [#48](https://github.com/emilk/egui_plot/pull/48) by [@emilk](https://github.com/emilk)
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7c52bbb..63bc622 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "demo"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.30.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eframe",
  "egui",
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "egui_plot"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.30.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "document-features",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 934a12b..4bd6d2e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ members = ["egui_plot", "demo", "examples/*"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.80"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.30.0"
 
 
 [profile.release]
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ opt-level = 2
 
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-egui_plot = { version = "0.29.0", path = "egui_plot", default-features = false }
+egui_plot = { version = "0.30.0", path = "egui_plot", default-features = false }
 
 ahash = { version = "0.8.11", default-features = false, features = [
     "no-rng", # we don't need DOS-protection, so we let users opt-in to it instead
diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index 34ee514..43edd2d 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ We don't update the MSRV in a patch release, unless we really, really need to.
 ## Actual release
 I usually do this all on the `main` branch, but doing it in a release branch is also fine, as long as you remember to merge it into `main` later.
 
+* [ ] `./scripts/generate_changelog.py --version 0.x.0`
+* [ ] bump version number in `Cargo.toml`
+* [ ] `cargo clippy`
 * [ ] `git commit -m 'Release 0.x.0 - summary'`
 * [ ] `cargo publish -p egui_plot`
 * [ ] `git tag -a 0.x.0 -m 'Release 0.x.0 - summary'`