diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index a6ae3821..327fb51f 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ User Guide:
 Changelog:
 ++++++++++
 
+**3.0.1 (2024-8-19)**
+
+- bugfix for issue #370 involving saving and loading hipparcos.py objects (@sblunt)
+
 **3.0.0 (2024-4-15)**
 
 - implementation of Hipparcos-Gaia catalog of accelerations fitting! (@semaphoreP)
diff --git a/orbitize/__init__.py b/orbitize/__init__.py
index 4f31da90..1bebb014 100644
--- a/orbitize/__init__.py
+++ b/orbitize/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
-__version__ = "3.0.0"
+__version__ = "3.0.1"
 
 # set Python env variable to keep track of example data dir
 orbitize_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)