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+## [protons-v3.0.0](https://github.com/ipfs/protons/compare/protons-v2.0.3...protons-v3.0.0) (2022-03-31)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* This module is now ESM only
+
+### Features
+
+* transpile to ts ([#17](https://github.com/ipfs/protons/issues/17)) ([74d3b7a](https://github.com/ipfs/protons/commit/74d3b7abf1e857f7320c100734e797855ea728c1))
+
+
+### Trivial Changes
+
+* update protons-runtime dep ([#19](https://github.com/ipfs/protons/issues/19)) ([e119076](https://github.com/ipfs/protons/commit/e119076f82e735a8e991cc74505e255523f83bea))
diff --git a/packages/protons/package.json b/packages/protons/package.json
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 {
   "name": "protons",
-  "version": "2.0.3",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "description": "Protobuf to ts transpiler",
   "license": "Apache-2.0 OR MIT",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ipfs/protons/tree/master/packages/protons#readme",