diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04801919332..a51c5fda8bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 0.2 - TODO: Add release date, 2025 - "Natively Asynchronous Splicing"
+# 0.2 - Dec 2, 2025 - "Natively Asynchronous Splicing"
 
 ## API Updates
 
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@
    pre-signed transactions, relying on anchor bumps instead. They also utilize
    the new TRUC + ephemeral dust policy in Bitcoin Core 29 to substantially
    improve the lightning security model. This requires having a path of Bitcoin
-   Core 29+ nodes between you and a miner for transactions to be mined. This
-   only works with LDK peers, and feature signaling may change in a future
-   version of LDK, breaking compatibility. This is negotiated automatically for
-   manually-accepted inbound channels and negotiated for outbound channels based
-   on `ChannelHandshakeConfig::negotiate_anchor_zero_fee_commitments`.
+   Core 29+ nodes between you and a miner for transactions to be mined. Bitcoin
+   Knots blocks these transactions by default, and is not recommended for use
+   with a lightning node. 0FC channels currently only work with LDK peers, and
+   feature signaling may change in a future version of LDK, breaking
+   compatibility. This is negotiated automatically for manually-accepted inbound
+   channels and negotiated for outbound channels based on
+   `ChannelHandshakeConfig::negotiate_anchor_zero_fee_commitments`.
  * `Event::BumpTransaction` is now always generated even if the transaction has
    sufficient fee. This allows you to manage transaction broadcasting more
    granularly for anchor channels (#4001).
@@ -144,7 +146,9 @@
    `ListProtocols` message (#3785).
  * A rare race which might lead `PeerManager` (and `lightning-net-tokio`) to
    stop reading from a peer until a new message is sent to that peer has been
-   fixed (#4168).
+   fixed. Note that this changed the semantics of the
+   `SocketDescriptor::send_data` method without changing its signature, check
+   that your implementation matches the new documentation (#4168).
  * The fields in `SocketAddress::OnionV3` are now correctly parsed, and the
    `Display` for such addresses is now lowercase (#4090).
  * `PeerManager` is now more conservative about disconnecting peers which aren't
@@ -177,7 +181,55 @@
    (#4045, #4046).
  * LDK now requires the `channel_type` feature in line with spec updates (#3896)
 
-TODO release stats
+In total, this release features 259 files changed, 114539 insertions, 45150
+deletions in 1628 commits since 0.1 from 36 authors, in alphabetical order:
+
+ * Aditya Sharma
+ * Alec Chen
+ * Anonymous
+ * Anyitechs
+ * Arik Sosman
+ * Austin Mackillop
+ * Carla Kirk-Cohen
+ * Chuks Agbakuru
+ * Devrandom
+ * Duncan Dean
+ * Elias Rohrer
+ * Erick Cestari
+ * Fedeparma74
+ * Fuyin
+ * Ian Slane
+ * Jeffrey Czyz
+ * Jesse de Wit
+ * Joost Jager
+ * Leo Nash
+ * Martin Saposnic
+ * Matt Corallo
+ * Matt Morehouse
+ * Maurice Poirrier Chuden
+ * Philip Kannegaard Hayes
+ * Prabhat Verma
+ * Valentine Wallace
+ * Vincenzo Palazzo
+ * Willem Van Lint
+ * Wilmer Paulino
+ * YI
+ * benthecarman
+ * elnosh
+ * moisesPompilio
+ * olegkubrakov
+ * optout
+ * shaavan
+
+
+# 0.1.8 - Dec 2, 2025 - "Async Update Completion"
+
+## Bug Fixes
+ * In cases where an MPP payment is claimed while one channel is waiting on a
+   counterparty's `revoke_and_ack` message and the `revoke_and_ack` message is
+   received prior to the asynchronous completion of the MPP-claim
+   `ChannelMonitorUpdate`, the channel will no longer hang (#4236).
+ * Deserializing invalid `Duration`s can no longer panic (#4172).
 
 
 # 0.1.7 - Oct 21, 2025 - "Unstable Release CI"
diff --git a/lightning-background-processor/Cargo.toml b/lightning-background-processor/Cargo.toml
index a515604a112..ef0a9840613 100644
--- a/lightning-background-processor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lightning-background-processor/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ std = ["lightning/std", "lightning-liquidity/std", "bitcoin-io/std", "bitcoin_ha
 bitcoin = { version = "0.32.2", default-features = false }
 bitcoin_hashes = { version = "0.14.0", default-features = false }
 bitcoin-io = { version = "0.1.2", default-features = false }
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false }
 lightning-rapid-gossip-sync = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning-rapid-gossip-sync", default-features = false }
 lightning-liquidity = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning-liquidity", default-features = false }
 possiblyrandom = { version = "0.2", path = "../possiblyrandom", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.35", features = [ "macros", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "sync", "time" ] }
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["_test_utils"] }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["_test_utils"] }
 lightning-invoice = { version = "0.34.0", path = "../lightning-invoice" }
 lightning-liquidity = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning-liquidity", default-features = false, features = ["_test_utils"] }
 lightning-persister = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning-persister" }
diff --git a/lightning-block-sync/Cargo.toml b/lightning-block-sync/Cargo.toml
index 2d992a53496..51b19e3901e 100644
--- a/lightning-block-sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lightning-block-sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ rpc-client = [ "serde_json", "chunked_transfer" ]
 
 [dependencies]
 bitcoin = "0.32.2"
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning" }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning" }
 tokio = { version = "1.35", features = [ "io-util", "net", "time", "rt" ], optional = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 chunked_transfer = { version = "1.4", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["_test_utils"] }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["_test_utils"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.35", features = [ "macros", "rt" ] }
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/lightning-custom-message/Cargo.toml b/lightning-custom-message/Cargo.toml
index c2feb5357ff..ba13aef35c4 100644
--- a/lightning-custom-message/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lightning-custom-message/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 
 [dependencies]
 bitcoin = "0.32.2"
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning" }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning" }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/lightning-dns-resolver/Cargo.toml b/lightning-dns-resolver/Cargo.toml
index 34961838029..44caf273ff2 100644
--- a/lightning-dns-resolver/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lightning-dns-resolver/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.75"
 
 [dependencies]
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false }
 lightning-types = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning-types", default-features = false }
 dnssec-prover = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = [ "std", "tokio" ] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["rt"] }
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["rt"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 bitcoin = { version = "0.32" }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["macros", "time"] }
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["dnssec", "_test_utils"] }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["dnssec", "_test_utils"] }
diff --git a/lightning-liquidity/Cargo.toml b/lightning-liquidity/Cargo.toml
index 3def0798436..2f83077cabc 100644
--- a/lightning-liquidity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lightning-liquidity/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ backtrace = ["dep:backtrace"]
 _test_utils = []
 
 [dependencies]
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false }
 lightning-types = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning-types", default-features = false }
 lightning-invoice = { version = "0.34.0", path = "../lightning-invoice", default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 lightning-macros = { version = "0.2", path = "../lightning-macros" }
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 backtrace = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false, features = ["_test_utils"] }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false, features = ["_test_utils"] }
 lightning-invoice = { version = "0.34.0", path = "../lightning-invoice", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "std"] }
 lightning-persister = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning-persister", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/lightning-net-tokio/Cargo.toml b/lightning-net-tokio/Cargo.toml
index f9a4abd500a..6c45f40e3c8 100644
--- a/lightning-net-tokio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lightning-net-tokio/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 
 [dependencies]
 bitcoin = "0.32.2"
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning" }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning" }
 tokio = { version = "1.35", features = [ "rt", "sync", "net", "time" ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.35", features = [ "macros", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "sync", "net", "time" ] }
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["_test_utils"] }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["_test_utils"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/lightning-persister/Cargo.toml b/lightning-persister/Cargo.toml
index d62198f738a..e06803c6b89 100644
--- a/lightning-persister/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lightning-persister/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ tokio = ["dep:tokio"]
 
 [dependencies]
 bitcoin = "0.32.2"
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning" }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning" }
 tokio = { version = "1.35", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ windows-sys = { version = "0.48.0", default-features = false, features = ["Win32
 criterion = { version = "0.4", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["_test_utils"] }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["_test_utils"] }
 bitcoin = { version = "0.32.2", default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1.35", default-features = false, features = ["macros"] }
 
diff --git a/lightning-rapid-gossip-sync/Cargo.toml b/lightning-rapid-gossip-sync/Cargo.toml
index 1ae9eaeaee2..b2cc623ab5b 100644
--- a/lightning-rapid-gossip-sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lightning-rapid-gossip-sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ default = ["std"]
 std = ["bitcoin-io/std", "bitcoin_hashes/std"]
 
 [dependencies]
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false }
 bitcoin = { version = "0.32.2", default-features = false }
 bitcoin_hashes = { version = "0.14.0", default-features = false }
 bitcoin-io = { version = "0.1.2", default-features = false }
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ bitcoin-io = { version = "0.1.2", default-features = false }
 criterion = { version = "0.4", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["_test_utils"] }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", features = ["_test_utils"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/lightning-transaction-sync/Cargo.toml b/lightning-transaction-sync/Cargo.toml
index c04f4ad344e..1a5a56212ba 100644
--- a/lightning-transaction-sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lightning-transaction-sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ electrum-rustls = ["electrum"]
 electrum-rustls-ring = ["_electrum", "electrum-client/use-rustls-ring"]
 
 [dependencies]
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 lightning-macros = { version = "0.2", path = "../lightning-macros", default-features = false }
 bitcoin = { version = "0.32.2", default-features = false }
 futures = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ esplora-client = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, optional = true }
 electrum-client = { version = "0.24.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["proxy"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-lightning = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false, features = ["std", "_test_utils"] }
+lightning = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../lightning", default-features = false, features = ["std", "_test_utils"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.35.0", features = ["macros"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))'.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/lightning/Cargo.toml b/lightning/Cargo.toml
index 257c7596ac0..b3b597029da 100644
--- a/lightning/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lightning/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lightning"
-version = "0.2.0+git"
+version = "0.3.0+git"
 authors = ["Matt Corallo"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/"