diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2acba00..a1f03d9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.0.0] - 2026-07-12
+
+- Backup: *--images-no-stop-required* and *--images-no-backup-required* now
+  match a container's exact *.Config.Image* (full *repo:tag*, registry
+  prefix included) instead of a substring, so a near-miss image name no
+  longer flips the stop/skip decision. Callers must pass exact image
+  references. **Breaking.**
+- Backup: renamed *--hard-compose-restart* to *--hard-restart-projects*
+  (its value stays a list of compose project dir names). **Breaking:** the
+  old flag name is removed.
+
 ## [2.0.0] - 2026-07-12
 
 - Backup: renamed *--docker-compose-hard-restart-required* to
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 64a5eea..0c31dc4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "backup-docker-to-local"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "3.0.0"
 description = "Backup Docker volumes to local with rsync and optional DB dumps."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"