diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1fcd5d8..82c7aca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "commitward"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "regex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d1a9e1c..e95470f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "commitward"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.3.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Deterministic, fail-open human-sign-off (HITL) gate for high-stakes agentic commits"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"