diff --git a/.github/release-configs/release-please-manifest.beta.json b/.github/release-configs/release-please-manifest.beta.json
index 66e0c0f..20adf70 100644
--- a/.github/release-configs/release-please-manifest.beta.json
+++ b/.github/release-configs/release-please-manifest.beta.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.13.0-beta.0"
+  ".": "3.0.0-beta.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 80790d4..afeccdb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.0.0-beta.0](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/compare/heroku-kafka-v2.13.0-beta.0...heroku-kafka-v3.0.0-beta.0) (2026-03-16)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* convert to oclif v4, ESM, and TypeScript ([#267](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/issues/267))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add esbuild platform packages to fix CI installation ([#271](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/issues/271)) ([b00e9c3](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/commit/b00e9c37ddea7065820b2323c4be9862e36d8025))
+* address high security vulns reported by Dependabot ([#262](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/issues/262)) ([fbcfa40](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/commit/fbcfa40e9aa506e6e48020ab3a7f32909723a5a6))
+* **deps:** bump lodash from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23 ([#256](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/issues/256)) ([0c42f07](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/commit/0c42f07b2963f6cf864994c01ca27f8ca4965eda))
+* ensure optional dependencies are installed in CI ([#270](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/issues/270)) ([380226c](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/commit/380226c32fffa2d79cde66f7e81981ae719c1417))
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* convert to oclif v4, ESM, and TypeScript ([#267](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/issues/267)) ([54a5905](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/commit/54a5905639e53df5187f8e864146d2f2d5205c29))
+
 ## [3.0.0](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/compare/heroku-kafka-v2.13.0...heroku-kafka-v3.0.0) (2026-03-16)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b8e8a63..cd0f99f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "heroku-kafka",
-  "version": "3.0.0",
+  "version": "3.0.0-beta.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "heroku-kafka",
-      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "version": "3.0.0-beta.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@heroku-cli/command": "^12.2.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0bdc81d..a09e276 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "heroku-kafka",
   "description": "heroku plugin to manage heroku kafka",
-  "version": "3.0.0",
+  "version": "3.0.0-beta.0",
   "author": "Heroku kafka@heroku.com",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/heroku/heroku-kafka-jsplugin/issues"