diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2b3c4ba3..ee0792c1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "hooks/openfeature-hooks-opentelemetry": "0.3.1",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-aws-ssm": "0.1.1",
-  "providers/openfeature-provider-flagd": "0.2.7",
+  "providers/openfeature-provider-flagd": "0.3.0",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-ofrep": "0.2.0",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-flipt": "0.1.3",
   "providers/openfeature-provider-env-var": "0.1.0",
diff --git a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md
index dcca2972..6206da21 100644
--- a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.3.0](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/compare/openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.2.7...openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.3.0) (2026-03-11)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* graceful fallback to code default when no default variant ([#347](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/issues/347))
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* replace project.scripts with poethepoet ([#335](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/issues/335)) ([61add22](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/commit/61add22b975140ccd39b618bf70efeeecbdc25c3))
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* graceful fallback to code default when no default variant ([#347](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/issues/347)) ([36db67d](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/commit/36db67de59732463a372c056525d6453d8a51a75))
+
 ## [0.2.7](https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk-contrib/compare/openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.2.6...openfeature-provider-flagd/v0.2.7) (2026-01-31)
 
 
diff --git a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml
index d5fbf60c..415ffd3b 100644
--- a/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml
+++ b/providers/openfeature-provider-flagd/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "openfeature-provider-flagd"
-version = "0.2.7"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "OpenFeature provider for the flagd flag evaluation engine"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "OpenFeature", email = "openfeature-core@groups.io" }]