diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 295f752..99d74ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ part of your geospatial project.
 
 # Version Changes
 
+## 3.0.1
+
+### Improvements
+- Reader(shp=, dbf=, shx=) now support pathlib.Paths, and any pathlike object (@mwtoews).
+### Bug fixes
+- PyShp 3 no longer modifies the global doctest module (@JamesParrott).
+### Code quality
+- isort replaced by Ruff check's I rule (@mwtoews).
+- mypy --strict used in CI (@JamesParrott).
+- LICENSE.TXT re-encoded in UTF-8 (@musicinmybrain).
+
 ## 3.0.0
 
 ### Breaking Changes:
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 01f919b..ef3952a 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-VERSION WIP
+VERSION 3.0.1
+
+2025-08-19
 	Improvements:
+	* Reader(shp=, dbf=, shx=) now support pathlib.Paths, and any pathlike object (@mwtoews).
+	Bug fixes:
+	* PyShp 3 no longer modifies the global doctest module (@JamesParrott).
+	Code quality:
+	* isort replaced by Ruff check's I rule (@mwtoews).
+	* mypy --strict used in CI (@JamesParrott).
 	* LICENSE.TXT re-encoded in UTF-8 (@musicinmybrain)
 
+
 VERSION 3.0.0
 
 2025-08-03
diff --git a/src/shapefile.py b/src/shapefile.py
index f5932a5..e591f67 100644
--- a/src/shapefile.py
+++ b/src/shapefile.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "3.0.0"
+__version__ = "3.0.1"
 
 import array
 import doctest