diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b595868e..6aa191910 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Changelog
 
-#### v0.3.0 - YYYY-MM-DD
+#### v0.3.0 - 2017-08-03
   * Initial Release
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ba2c59bbe..b85ba3153 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # project related vars
 ROOT_DIR := $(shell dirname $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 PROJECT = ark
-VERSION ?= 0.3.0
+VERSION ?= v0.3.0
 GOTARGET = github.com/heptio/$(PROJECT)
 OUTPUT_DIR = $(ROOT_DIR)/_output
 BIN_DIR = $(OUTPUT_DIR)/bin