diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f14b480..aaf968a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.2"
+  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.3"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec3052c..8689806 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.0-alpha.3 (2024-12-10)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.2...v0.1.0-alpha.3](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.2...v0.1.0-alpha.3)
+
+### Features
+
+* docs: add example code ([#8](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/issues/8)) ([13e3a83](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/commit/13e3a83147fda14ff732481553d2e071487a453d))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* use latest sonnet in example snippets ([#6](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/issues/6)) ([a8f9175](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/commit/a8f91754a7ad26a8328a20dbbc4ee0051ae8aa06))
+
 ## 0.1.0-alpha.2 (2024-12-10)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.1...v0.1.0-alpha.2](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.1...v0.1.0-alpha.2)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e0712a1..5c5fcec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
-[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.anthropic/anthropic-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.anthropic/anthropic-java/0.1.0-alpha.2)
+[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.anthropic/anthropic-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.anthropic/anthropic-java/0.1.0-alpha.3)
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The REST API documentation can be found on [docs.anthropic.com](https://docs.an
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java:0.1.0-alpha.2")
+implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java:0.1.0-alpha.3")
 ```
 
 #### Maven
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java:0.1.0-alpha.2")
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.anthropic</groupId>
     <artifactId>anthropic-java</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.0-alpha.2</version>
+    <version>0.1.0-alpha.3</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 2883933..de7dfcd 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 allprojects {
     group = "com.anthropic"
-    version = "0.1.0-alpha.2" // x-release-please-version
+    version = "0.1.0-alpha.3" // x-release-please-version
 }