diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 27c28ea22dc..f222e4cb709 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "4.29.2"
+	Version = "4.30.1"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
diff --git a/release_notes.txt b/release_notes.txt
index 577748a06df..416e673b366 100644
--- a/release_notes.txt
+++ b/release_notes.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   - Added array_to_map operator for #1415
   - Fixed sorting by date #1412
   - Added check to ensure only maps can be encoded to XML #1408
+  - Check merge alias is a map #1425
   - Explicity setting unwrap flag works for json output #437, #1409
   - Bumped go version
 
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index c5da774f5e6..ec50ab9a4b4 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '4.29.2'
+version: '4.30.1'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.