diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index abaca2c..3a362cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,21 +5,28 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+### [3.0.3](https://github.com/astroband/ruby-xdr/compare/v3.0.2...v3.0.3) (2022-02-18)
+### Bug Fixes
+- make `XDR::Option` write empty strings as values ([#15](https://github.com/astroband/ruby-xdr/issues/15)) ([ccab229](https://github.com/astroband/ruby-xdr/commit/ccab22928a1104dee525211b51d1d567079d27ba))
+
+
 ## [3.0.2](https://github.com/astroband/ruby-xdr/compare/v3.0.1...v3.0.2) - 2020-10-20
 ### Changed
 - Relax lower bound for ActiveSupport dependency to support usage in Rails 4.2 ([#12](https://github.com/astroband/ruby-xdr/pull/12))
 
-### Fixed
+### Bug Fixes
 - Fix non-bang arm accessors for XDR::Union ([#13](https://github.com/astroband/ruby-xdr/pull/13))
 - Fix .from_xdr encoding param to accept symbols ([#14](https://github.com/astroband/ruby-xdr/pull/14))
 
+
 ## [3.0.1](https://github.com/astroband/ruby-xdr/compare/v3.0.0...v3.0.1) - 2020-06-10
 ### Added
 - Add encoding parameter to Union#to_xdr ([#7](https://github.com/astroband/ruby-xdr/pull/7)).
 
-### Fixed
+### Bug Fixes
 - Padding bytes are now properly validated when reading xdr values.  According to the XDR spec, padding must be zeros.
 
+
 ## [1.0.0](https://github.com/astroband/ruby-xdr/compare/v0.1.0...v1.0.0) - 2015-10-02
 ### Added
 - the `to_xdr` helpers can take a second parameter that will encode the resulting output to hex or base64 when requested.
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 0dce019..fbc3767 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    xdr (3.0.2)
+    xdr (3.0.3)
       activemodel (>= 4.2, < 8.0)
       activesupport (>= 4.2, < 8.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activemodel (7.0.2)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2)
-    activesupport (7.0.2)
+    activemodel (7.0.2.2)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.2.2)
+    activesupport (7.0.2.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ GEM
       guard-compat (~> 1.1)
       rspec (>= 2.99.0, < 4.0)
     hashdiff (1.0.1)
-    i18n (1.9.1)
+    i18n (1.10.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     listen (3.7.1)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
diff --git a/lib/xdr/version.rb b/lib/xdr/version.rb
index ff17413..9c1b857 100644
--- a/lib/xdr/version.rb
+++ b/lib/xdr/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module XDR
-  VERSION = "3.0.2"
+  VERSION = "3.0.3"
 end