diff --git a/bindings/wasm/Cargo.toml b/bindings/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 47e8000acf..1d6fc8779a 100644
--- a/bindings/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-wasm"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Web Assembly bindings for the identity-rs crate."
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 console_error_panic_hook = { version = "0.1" }
-identity = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../../identity", features = ["wasm"] }
+identity = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../../identity", features = ["wasm"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2", features = ["serde-serialize"] }
 wasm-bindgen-futures = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
diff --git a/bindings/wasm/package.json b/bindings/wasm/package.json
index a7ff6a4290..93ca7b13e5 100644
--- a/bindings/wasm/package.json
+++ b/bindings/wasm/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@iota/identity-wasm",
-  "version": "0.2.2",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "description": "WASM bindings for IOTA Identity - A Self Sovereign Identity Framework implementing the DID and VC standards from W3C. To be used in Javascript/Typescript",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/identity-account/Cargo.toml b/identity-account/Cargo.toml
index 5b73356e92..821f8fd738 100644
--- a/identity-account/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-account/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-account"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Secure storage for Decentralized Identifiers and Verifiable Credentials."
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
 async-trait = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 futures = { version = "0.3" }
 hashbrown = { version = "0.9", features = ["serde"] }
-identity-core = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-core" }
-identity-credential = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-credential" }
-identity-did = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-did" }
-identity-iota = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-iota" }
+identity-core = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-core" }
+identity-credential = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-credential" }
+identity-did = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-did" }
+identity-iota = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-iota" }
 itoa = { version = "0.4" }
 log = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 once_cell = { version = "1.7", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/identity-comm/Cargo.toml b/identity-comm/Cargo.toml
index 7c31144992..e11fd671a1 100644
--- a/identity-comm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-comm/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-comm"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "An implementation of the DIDComm Messaging Specification."
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ keywords = ["iota", "tangle", "identity"]
 homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
 
 [dependencies]
-identity-core = { path = "../identity-core", version = "=0.2.0" }
-identity-credential = { path = "../identity-credential", version = "=0.2.0" }
-identity-did = { path = "../identity-did", version = "=0.2.0" }
-identity-iota = { path = "../identity-iota", version = "=0.2.0" }
+identity-core = { path = "../identity-core", version = "=0.3.0" }
+identity-credential = { path = "../identity-credential", version = "=0.3.0" }
+identity-did = { path = "../identity-did", version = "=0.3.0" }
+identity-iota = { path = "../identity-iota", version = "=0.3.0" }
 libjose = { path = "../libjose", version = "=0.1.0" }
 paste = { version = "1.0" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/identity-core/Cargo.toml b/identity-core/Cargo.toml
index 8066eacda9..58a3db01e1 100644
--- a/identity-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-core"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "The core traits and types for the identity-rs library."
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ base64 = { version = "0.13", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 bs58 = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "std"] }
 hex = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
-identity-diff = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-diff", default-features = false }
+identity-diff = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-diff", default-features = false }
 roaring = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive"] }
 serde_jcs = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/identity-credential/Cargo.toml b/identity-credential/Cargo.toml
index 9078a31be5..e28f583b78 100644
--- a/identity-credential/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-credential/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-credential"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "An implementation of the Verfiable Credentials standard."
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ keywords = ["iota", "tangle", "identity"]
 homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
 
 [dependencies]
-identity-core = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-core" }
-identity-did = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-did" }
+identity-core = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-core" }
+identity-did = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-did" }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive"] }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/identity-did/Cargo.toml b/identity-did/Cargo.toml
index e2c3f57a3a..59f6a76e80 100644
--- a/identity-did/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-did/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-did"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "An implementation of the Decentralized Identifiers standard."
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 did_url = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "serde"] }
-identity-core = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-core" }
+identity-core = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-core" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "derive"] }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/identity-diff/Cargo.toml b/identity-diff/Cargo.toml
index 64becc2be7..bd9ed15bd2 100644
--- a/identity-diff/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-diff/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-diff"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "The `Diff` trait for the identity-rs library."
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
 
 [dependencies]
 did_url = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
-identity-derive = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "derive" }
+identity-derive = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "derive" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0" }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0" }
diff --git a/identity-diff/derive/Cargo.toml b/identity-diff/derive/Cargo.toml
index 8e79826f37..a10eb32eca 100644
--- a/identity-diff/derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-diff/derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-derive"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Derive `Diff` support for the identity-rs library."
diff --git a/identity-iota/Cargo.toml b/identity-iota/Cargo.toml
index 461a2f6192..e1265c4198 100644
--- a/identity-iota/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity-iota/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity-iota"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "An IOTA Tangle intergration for the identity-rs library."
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 futures = { version = "0.3" }
-identity-core = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-core" }
-identity-credential = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-credential" }
-identity-did = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-did" }
+identity-core = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-core" }
+identity-credential = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-credential" }
+identity-did = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-did" }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4", default-features = false }
 log = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive"] }
diff --git a/identity/Cargo.toml b/identity/Cargo.toml
index 938c25b3d1..9a3abd4125 100644
--- a/identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "identity"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["IOTA Stiftung"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Tools for working with Self-sovereign Identity."
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ homepage = "https://www.iota.org"
 documentation = "https://identity.docs.iota.org"
 
 [dependencies]
-identity-account = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-account", optional = true }
-identity-core = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-core" }
-identity-credential = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-credential", optional = true }
-identity-did = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-did", optional = true }
-identity-iota = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-iota", optional = true }
-identity-comm = { version = "=0.2.0", path = "../identity-comm", optional = true }
+identity-account = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-account", optional = true }
+identity-comm = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-comm", optional = true }
+identity-core = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-core" }
+identity-credential = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-credential", optional = true }
+identity-did = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-did", optional = true }
+identity-iota = { version = "=0.3.0", path = "../identity-iota", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.3" }