diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 372c434173..12aafbdd91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+yarn run v1.22.22 $ lerna-changelog --silent --silent --next-version 3.0.1
+
+Done in 0.74s.
+
 yarn run v1.22.22 $ lerna-changelog --silent --silent --next-version 3.0.0
 
 ## 3.0.0 (2025-01-29)
diff --git a/website/blog/2025-01-30-v3.0.1-release.md b/website/blog/2025-01-30-v3.0.1-release.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27779c5943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/blog/2025-01-30-v3.0.1-release.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+title: v3.0.1 Release
+date: 2025-01-30 07:44:46
+tags: ['release', 'jbrowse 2']
+---
+
+This release fixes the vanillajs build for the linear genome view the hover
+genotype feature in v3.0.0
+
+## Downloads
+
+- [v3.0.1](https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse-components/releases/tag/v3.0.1)
+
+To install JBrowse 2 for the web, you can download the link above, or you can
+use the JBrowse CLI to automatically download the latest version. See the
+[JBrowse web quick start](https://jbrowse.org/jb2/docs/quickstart_web) for more
+details.
+
+yarn run v1.22.22 $ lerna-changelog --silent --silent --next-version 3.0.1
+
+Done in 0.74s.
diff --git a/website/docusaurus.config.json b/website/docusaurus.config.json
index 1c822aeeec..ce82d1648a 100644
--- a/website/docusaurus.config.json
+++ b/website/docusaurus.config.json
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
   "organizationName": "GMOD",
   "projectName": "jbrowse-components",
   "customFields": {
-    "currentVersion": "v3.0.0"
+    "currentVersion": "v3.0.1"
   }
 }