diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/breaking-changes/442-send-packet-transfer.md b/.changelog/v0.30.0/breaking-changes/442-send-packet-transfer.md
similarity index 100%
rename from .changelog/unreleased/breaking-changes/442-send-packet-transfer.md
rename to .changelog/v0.30.0/breaking-changes/442-send-packet-transfer.md
diff --git a/.changelog/v0.30.0/summary.md b/.changelog/v0.30.0/summary.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6629eadcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/v0.30.0/summary.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This release contains an overhaul of the `send_packet()` and `send_transfer()` architecture.
+The main gain is to separate into `send_packet_{validate,execute}()`, and similarly for 
+`send_transfer()`.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 89653e0a2..b87560be0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## v0.30.0
+
+*February 24, 2023*
+
+This release contains an overhaul of the `send_packet()` and `send_transfer()` architecture.
+The main gain is to separate into `send_packet_{validate,execute}()`, and similarly for 
+`send_transfer()`.
+
+There are no consensus-breaking changes.
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+- Update send_packet/transfer(), and related contexts
+  ([#442](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-rs/issues/442))
+
 ## v0.29.0
 
 *February 22, 2023*
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1fab3a8fb..66b96a44f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -251,12 +251,9 @@ Our release process is as follows:
    3. Committing the updated `CHANGELOG.md` file and `.changelog` directory to the repo.
 2. Push this to a branch `release/vX.Y.Z` according to the version number of
    the anticipated release (e.g. `release/v0.18.0`) and open a **draft PR**.
-3. Bump all relevant versions in the codebase to the new version and push these
-   changes to the release PR. This includes:
-   1. `crates/ibc/Cargo.toml` file (making sure dependencies' versions are updated
-      too).
-   2. `crates/ibc/lib.rs` file documentation references' `html_root_url`
-      parameters must point to the new version.
+3. Bump all relevant versions in the `crates/ibc/Cargo.toml` file (making sure
+      dependencies' versions are updated too) to the new version and push these
+      changes to the release PR.
 
 4. In the `crates/ibc/` directory, run `cargo doc --all-features --open` locally to double-check that all the
    documentation compiles and seems up-to-date and coherent. Fix any potential
diff --git a/crates/ibc/Cargo.toml b/crates/ibc/Cargo.toml
index cc9adc590..b6004c814 100644
--- a/crates/ibc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ibc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name         = "ibc"
-version      = "0.29.0"
+version      = "0.30.0"
 edition      = "2021"
 license      = "Apache-2.0"
 readme       = "README.md"