diff --git a/release_instructions.txt b/release_instructions.txt
index c3ad2512c22..b1240f7e5ea 100644
--- a/release_instructions.txt
+++ b/release_instructions.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 - update release notes
-- increment version in snapcraft.yaml
 - make sure local build passes
 - run ./scripts/copy-docs.sh (and commit the changed in the yq-book branch)
 - commit version update changes
diff --git a/release_notes.txt b/release_notes.txt
index 08c05dee247..2e2575323c5 100644
--- a/release_notes.txt
+++ b/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+4.30.3:
+  - Updated release process (automated versioning)
+  - Fixed handling of yaml directives (#1424)
+  - Fixed parsing of newline character in string expression #1430
+  - Fixed length compares to null instead of 0 issue #1427
+
 4.30.2:
   - Actually updated the default xml prefix :facepalm: