diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8d7a673..beea3f7 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.3.0"
+    ".": "0.3.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bcae9e9..06e5afc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) and
 
 From v0.2.1 onwards, entries in this file are generated by [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please) from conventional commits; earlier entries (v0.2.0 and below) were written by hand.
 
+## [0.3.1](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/compare/v0.3.0...v0.3.1) (2026-04-30)
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* replace [tool.setuptools] script-files with stackvox install-helper ([#18](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/issues/18)) ([d837f26](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/commit/d837f26ae48299c71078a67e4261768201b54c55))
+
+
+### Tests
+
+* bring coverage from 50% to 86% ([#16](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/issues/16)) ([cb6bc84](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/commit/cb6bc84d42d599fa87847b7f84fc79194c4fddfb))
+
 ## [0.3.0](https://github.com/StackOneHQ/stackvox/compare/v0.2.1...v0.3.0) (2026-04-29)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0000963..74a4a37 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "stackvox"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 description = "Offline TTS library using Kokoro-82M"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"