diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 895bf0e..d4f6f29 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.0"
+  ".": "3.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e3e857..a6489c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,34 @@
 * remove figlet due to errors loading fonts ([3822a5e](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/3822a5e1e404730a4495cacdf0058c1c86d1c62c))
 * ticket state loop & adds additional logging ([f490429](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/f49042952d0e84430b6d5a613a2c4d67cb0c7406))
 
+## [3.0.0](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/compare/action-trissue-2.0.0...action-trissue-3.0.0) (2026-03-12)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* Initial release
+
+### 🎉 New Features
+
+* add outputs ([04c0551](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/04c05519c995f40139fc3875fdf37964b0f4e145))
+* Initial release ([4b8f9df](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/4b8f9df805aa80db17a83e78972cf90efaa21349))
+* now re-opens closed issues if they are not fixed ([9d85f70](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/9d85f70a4e77b7b2999a1f51726846c7d2879ce9))
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* all issues being re-created ([561ba21](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/561ba21dadddfe7cc196561b35d6c1954984c95f))
+* all issues getting closed due to missmatch ([4292c3d](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/4292c3d8b3172e758e9607b4156d8fcbd5a6d8ba))
+* issue title back to normal and fix compare ([242a35e](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/242a35e37e04057a23ca4a6f2af493f645a93e2a))
+* issues re-opening when not required ([7ce47e2](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/7ce47e2f503c2ecd410289747a7381e14e1b1d52))
+* labels not being created as expected ([8030fb0](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/8030fb06bb780abf71b3d1077ccd371248a7b598))
+* multiple linting errros fixed ([8536672](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/853667233eb5d3e95efc909f953cb2a02ac9747e))
+* remove figlet due to errors loading fonts ([7663742](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/766374248fb637cb60d0c5027530e3017e41e6f3))
+* remove figlet due to errors loading fonts ([3822a5e](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/3822a5e1e404730a4495cacdf0058c1c86d1c62c))
+* ticket state loop & adds additional logging ([f490429](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/f49042952d0e84430b6d5a613a2c4d67cb0c7406))
+* upgrade dependencies ([9a4c57f](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/9a4c57f50d243df052772363ed18c1951e01121e))
+* upgrade dependencies & efficiency improvements ([c49a5f2](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/commit/c49a5f23a6f0ae1ef00d5cbcf9e414a7e91fd98b))
+
 ## [2.0.0](https://github.com/periphery-security/action-trissue/compare/action-trissue@1.2.4...action-trissue@2.0.0) (2025-11-03)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9df3509..49559c1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "action-trissue",
   "description": "GitHub Action to report Trivy scan results as GitHub issues",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "author": "stemarks",
   "type": "module",
   "private": true,