diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 853c5ab..f4aeeb9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+### 3.0.0
+
+#### Breaking Changes
+
+no longer works without SOME CommonJS compatibility (e.g. node, browserify)
+
+*See: [`58884fe`](https://github.com/groupon/assertive/commit/58884feb9912ad40b32adac84923b85ceb6c7716)*
+
+#### Commits
+
+* no longer depend/break on global `_` - **[@dbushong](https://github.com/dbushong)** [#43](https://github.com/groupon/assertive/pull/43)
+  - [`58884fe`](https://github.com/groupon/assertive/commit/58884feb9912ad40b32adac84923b85ceb6c7716) **feat:** no longer depend/break on global `_`
+
+
 ### 2.4.1
 
 * Apply latest generator - **[@markowsiak](https://github.com/markowsiak)** [#41](https://github.com/groupon/assertive/pull/41)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f30316d..114a1a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "assertive",
-  "version": "2.4.1",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "description": "Assertive is a terse yet expressive assertion library",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "main": "lib/assertive.js",