diff --git a/perl/Changes b/perl/Changes
index fb31a69d..0c170a3d 100644
--- a/perl/Changes
+++ b/perl/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.03
+
+    - performance tuning for too long string
+    - fixed memory leaks in stream unpacker
+
 0.02
 
     - added $Data::MessagePack::PreferInteger
diff --git a/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm b/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm
index 712d3b5c..2368a5b8 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use warnings;
 use XSLoader;
 use 5.008001;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.02';
+our $VERSION = '0.03';
 
 XSLoader::load(__PACKAGE__, $VERSION);