diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e3e000a..1c69911 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,17 +1,40 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## added/modified:
+## Added
 
-* chore/ci: `VERSION` file starting at v1.0.0, checked on every pull request, with each merge to main tagged with that version.
-* fix/readme-badge: the Copier badge in generated READMEs links to karshosphere/template-python.
-* fix/project-builds: generated projects install, start and build, with a uv.lock, the right colorlog package, a working FastAPI lifespan and a pinned uv in the dev container.
-* feature/run-script: generated projects ship a run.sh for building, formatting with ruff, testing with pytest and building a wheel and sdist, with starter tests and ruff-clean code.
-* feature/github-ci: generated projects ship the shared GitHub CI, a VERSION file and the shared Renovate settings, which copier update leaves alone.
-* feature/makefile: generated projects ship a Makefile with build, format, format-dry-run, test and release targets in place of run.sh, with make in the dev container and the shared CI calling make.
-* feature/root-answers-file: generated projects keep their Copier answers in `.copier-py-answers.yml` at the root rather than in `.copier-generic-project/`; existing projects move the file once before their next update.
-* fix/devcontainer-timezone: the dev container, and CI with it, starts on hosts that have no /etc/timezone.
-* fix/bash-history-mount: shell history in the dev container persists between sessions.
-* feature/version-file: generated projects take their package version from VERSION; existing projects run `uv lock` once after updating.
-* feature/plain-version: VERSION holds a plain X.Y.Z here and in generated projects, with CI adding the v for tags; existing projects remove the v from VERSION once.
-* fix/empty-author: generated code passes make format-dry-run when no author is set in the Copier settings.
-* docs/readme: a shorter README with the right copy command, gh:karshosphere/template-python, and the first commit of a new project links to this template.
+* 3.0.3
+   * the changelog lists changes under the version they were released in, newest first
+* 3.0.2
+   * a shorter README with the right copy command, gh:karshosphere/template-python
+   * the first commit of a new project links to this template
+* 3.0.1
+   * generated code passes make format-dry-run when no author is set in the Copier settings
+* 3.0.0
+   * VERSION holds a plain X.Y.Z here and in generated projects, with CI adding the v for tags
+   * existing projects remove the v from VERSION once
+* 2.2.0
+   * generated projects take their package version from VERSION
+   * existing projects run `uv lock` once after updating
+* 2.1.2
+   * shell history in the dev container persists between sessions
+* 2.1.1
+   * the dev container, and CI with it, starts on hosts that have no /etc/timezone
+* 2.1.0
+   * generated projects keep their Copier answers in `.copier-py-answers.yml` at the root rather than in `.copier-generic-project/`
+   * existing projects move the file once before their next update
+* 2.0.0
+   * generated projects ship a Makefile with build, format, format-dry-run, test and release targets in place of run.sh
+   * make in the dev container, and the shared CI calls make
+* 1.2.0
+   * generated projects ship the shared GitHub CI, a VERSION file and the shared Renovate settings, which copier update leaves alone
+* 1.1.0
+   * generated projects ship a run.sh for building, formatting with ruff, testing with pytest and building a wheel and sdist
+   * starter tests and ruff-clean code
+* 1.0.2
+   * generated projects install, start and build
+   * a uv.lock, the right colorlog package, a working FastAPI lifespan and a pinned uv in the dev container
+* 1.0.1
+   * the Copier badge in generated READMEs links to karshosphere/template-python
+* 1.0.0
+   * `VERSION` file starting at v1.0.0, checked on every pull request
+   * each merge to main tagged with that version
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.2
+3.0.3