diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 544b863c7..ed751af25 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ module github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht
 
 go 1.23.0
 
-retract v0.24.3 // this includes a breaking change and should have been released as v0.25.0
-
 require (
 	github.com/google/gopacket v1.1.19
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
@@ -141,3 +139,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	lukechampine.com/blake3 v1.4.0 // indirect
 )
+
+retract v0.29.2 // this includes a breaking change and should have been released as v0.30.0
+
+retract v0.24.3 // this includes a breaking change and should have been released as v0.25.0
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 462969c8e..6c102bc5c 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "v0.29.2"
+  "version": "v0.30.0"
 }