Release 3.30.1: changelog, version and documentation

patch by Bret McGuire; reviewed by Bret McGuire and Brad Schoening
reference: #1298

Author: absurdfarce

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+3.30.1
+======
+June 19, 2026
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+* Wheels for 3.30.0 include Cython-generated .c files (CASSPYTHON-21)
+* Mark non-security md5 usage to allow for compatibility with fips (PR 1288/1294)
+* Prevent crash at exit (PR 1287)
+
+Others
+------
+* Removed obsolete check for python version > 3.7+ (CASSPYTHON-18)
+
 3.30.0
 ======
 March 23, 2026

docs/installation.rst

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ To check if the installation was successful, you can run::
 
     python -c 'import cassandra; print(cassandra.__version__)'
 
-This command should print something like ``3.30.0``.
+This command should print something like ``3.30.1``.
 
 .. _installation-datastax-graph:
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "Cython>=3.0", "tomli"]
 [project]
 name = "cassandra-driver"
 description = "Apache Cassandra Python Driver"
-version = "3.30.0"
+version = "3.30.1"
 dependencies = ['geomet>=1.1', "Deprecated>=1.3.1"]
 readme = "README.rst"
 authors = [{name = "DataStax"}]