diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0ce9591..bab6c4b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,42 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.30.5 - 2025-08-24
+### Extractors
+#### Additions
+- [shimmie2] support `noz.rip/booru` ([#8101](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8101))
+- [sizebooru] add support ([#7667](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7667))
+- [twitter] add `highlights` extractor ([#7826](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7826))
+- [twitter] add `home` extractor ([#7974](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7974))
+#### Fixes
+- [aryion] fix pagination ([#8091](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8091))
+- [rule34] support using `api-key` & `user-id` ([#8077](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8077) [#8088](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8088) [#8098](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8098))
+- [tumblr:search] fix `ValueError: not enough values to unpack` ([#8079](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8079))
+- [twitter] handle `KeyError: 'result'` for retweets ([#8072](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8072))
+- [zerochan] expect `500 Internal Server Error` responses for HTML requests ([#8097](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8097))
+#### Improvements
+- [civitai:search] add `token` option ([#8093](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8093))
+- [instagram] warn about lower quality video downloads ([#7921](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7921) [#8078](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8078))
+- [instagram] remove `candidates` warning ([#7921](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7921) [#7989](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7989) [#8071](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8071))
+- [oauth] improve error messages ([#8086](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8086))
+- [pixiv] distinguish empty from deleted profiles ([#8066](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8066))
+- [twitter] update API endpoint query hashes & parameters
+#### Metadata
+- [batoto] extract more metadata ([#7994](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7994))
+- [instagram:highlights] extract `author` & `owner` & `user` metadata ([#7846](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7846))
+- [newgrounds] extract `slug` metadata ([#8064](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8064))
+- [twitter] extract `community` metadata ([#7424](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7424))
+#### Removals
+- [shimmie2] remove `sizechangebooru.com` ([#7667](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7667))
+- [zzup] remove module ([#4604](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/4604))
+### Downloaders
+- [ytdl] improve playlist handling ([#8085](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8085))
+### Scripts
+- implement `rm` helper script
+- add `-g/--git` command-line options
+- [util] add `git()` & `lines()` helper functions
+### Miscellaneous
+- [config] add `conf` argument to `config.load()` ([#8084](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8084))
+
 ## 1.30.4 - 2025-08-16
 ### Extractors
 #### Additions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a67bde5c..9790cacb 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ Standalone Executable
 Prebuilt executable files with a Python interpreter and
 required Python packages included are available for
 
-- `Windows <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.30.4/gallery-dl.exe>`__
+- `Windows <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.30.5/gallery-dl.exe>`__
   (Requires `Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (x86) <https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe>`__)
-- `Linux   <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.30.4/gallery-dl.bin>`__
+- `Linux   <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.30.5/gallery-dl.bin>`__
 
 
 Nightly Builds
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index e0aaffb6..8020352e 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.30.5-dev"
+__version__ = "1.30.5"
 __variant__ = None