diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d15f5edc..9965a341 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.2.2"
+  ".": "2.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e991c438..6cfc40ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.3.0](https://github.com/mikavilpas/yazi.nvim/compare/v2.2.2...v2.3.0) (2024-07-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add targeted communication with the yazi instance (opt-in) ([#225](https://github.com/mikavilpas/yazi.nvim/issues/225)) ([8114817](https://github.com/mikavilpas/yazi.nvim/commit/81148178ccdfacd68f302b5c54dec649eb0a1ae3))
+
 ## [2.2.2](https://github.com/mikavilpas/yazi.nvim/compare/v2.2.1...v2.2.2) (2024-07-18)
 
 
diff --git a/lua/yazi.lua b/lua/yazi.lua
index f6ad6f96..628ae4f7 100644
--- a/lua/yazi.lua
+++ b/lua/yazi.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ local YaziProcess = require('yazi.yazi_process')
 
 local M = {}
 
-M.version = '2.2.2' -- x-release-please-version
+M.version = '2.3.0' -- x-release-please-version
 
 ---@param config? YaziConfig?
 ---@param input_path? string