diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ef4a0b..a29a000 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ We recommend using the provided Docker container.
 
 A pre-build version is available at [docker hub](https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/ghga/mass):
 ```bash
-docker pull ghga/mass:0.2.1
+docker pull ghga/mass:0.3.0
 ```
 
 Or you can build the container yourself from the [`./Dockerfile`](./Dockerfile):
 ```bash
 # Execute in the repo's root dir:
-docker build -t ghga/mass:0.2.1 .
+docker build -t ghga/mass:0.3.0 .
 ```
 
 For production-ready deployment, we recommend using Kubernetes, however,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ for simple use cases, you could execute the service using docker
 on a single server:
 ```bash
 # The entrypoint is preconfigured:
-docker run -p 8080:8080 ghga/mass:0.2.1 --help
+docker run -p 8080:8080 ghga/mass:0.3.0 --help
 ```
 
 If you prefer not to use containers, you may install the service from source:
diff --git a/mass/__init__.py b/mass/__init__.py
index 14f9020..857a430 100644
--- a/mass/__init__.py
+++ b/mass/__init__.py
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 
 """A service for searching metadata artifacts and filtering results."""
 
-__version__ = "0.2.1"
+__version__ = "0.3.0"