diff --git a/warden-protocol/CHANGELOG.md b/warden-protocol/CHANGELOG.md
index 64efbe6d..0ef97c77 100644
--- a/warden-protocol/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/warden-protocol/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.0.3
+
+* Ignore string encoding when a request or response is encoded
+
 ## 0.0.2
 
 ### `StopRequest`
diff --git a/warden-protocol/lib/warden/protocol/version.rb b/warden-protocol/lib/warden/protocol/version.rb
index 25a32b13..d639164a 100644
--- a/warden-protocol/lib/warden/protocol/version.rb
+++ b/warden-protocol/lib/warden/protocol/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module Warden
   module Protocol
-    VERSION = "0.0.2"
+    VERSION = "0.0.3"
   end
 end