diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ba01ad81..da9ea97f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+novnc (0.3) maverick; urgency=low
+
+  * add tight encoding support
+  * release pressed key when focus lost (fixes locked Alt key)
+  * Support Apple Remote Desktop
+  * Add nova/openstack proxy wrapper
+  * Better connection close handling/reporting
+
+ -- Joel Martin <github@martintribe.org>  Fri, 11 May 2012 03:00:00 -0600
+
 novnc (0.2) maverick; urgency=low
 
   * Mobile device support with viewport clipping
diff --git a/docs/VERSION b/docs/VERSION
index 3b04cfb6..be586341 100644
--- a/docs/VERSION
+++ b/docs/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2
+0.3
diff --git a/docs/release.txt b/docs/release.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..426b92d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- Update and commit docs/VERSION and debian/changelog
+- Create version tag and tarball from tag
+    WVER=0.3
+    git tag ${WVER}
+    git archive --format=tar --prefix=novnc-${WVER}/ v${WVER} > novnc-${WVER}.tar
+    gzip novnc-${WVER}.tar
+- Upload tarball to repo