diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2be9c43..0ee8c01 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.0"
+  ".": "0.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95508b7..df3541e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.3.0](https://github.com/textfilters/core/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0) (2026-06-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add shared normalization helpers ([#15](https://github.com/textfilters/core/issues/15)) ([b2a8cd8](https://github.com/textfilters/core/commit/b2a8cd8c9675d9c94a34432302addbcbb76e7910))
+
 ## [0.2.0](https://github.com/textfilters/core/compare/v0.1.2...v0.2.0) (2026-06-21)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e742c9f..756f575 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@textfilters/core",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@textfilters/core",
-      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "version": "0.3.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "prettier": "^3.8.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aed00cb..e238e68 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@textfilters/core",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Core TypeScript primitives for composable text filtering, censoring, normalization, range masking, and moderation pipelines.",
   "license": "MIT",