From fad7b9a7133faf63efb552b6caaa3fb1554aba19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tersec <tersec@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 03:15:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] version v25.3.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md             | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 beacon_chain/version.nim |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32ead28ce3..05d679ea69 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+2025-03-02 v25.3.0
+==================
+
+Nimbus `v25.3.0` is a `low-urgency` release except for the Gnosis Chiado testnet, for which it's a `high-urgency` release.
+
+### Improvements
+
+- Add Gnosis Chiado testnet Electra fork support:
+  https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/6968
+
+- Add SSZ support for the registerValidator beacon REST API endpoint:
+  https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/6943
+
+- Increase trusted node sync state download timeout to 3 minutes:
+  https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/6969
+
+- Add link to trusted node sync documentation regarding state download timeout:
+  https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/6927
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Fix validator client graffiti with web3signer validators:
+  https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/6927
+
+- Fix sync completion percentages exceeding 100%:
+  https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/6922
+
 2025-02-13 v25.2.0
 ==================
 
diff --git a/beacon_chain/version.nim b/beacon_chain/version.nim
index a37d870122..71dc18f5a5 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/version.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/version.nim
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const
     "Copyright (c) 2019-" & compileYear & " Status Research & Development GmbH"
 
   versionMajor* = 25
-  versionMinor* = 2
+  versionMinor* = 3
   versionBuild* = 0
 
   versionBlob* = "stateofus" # Single word - ends up in the default graffiti