diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 74c61748..7d876359 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wreq"
-version = "6.0.0-rc.29"
+version = "6.0.0-rc.30"
 description = "An ergonomic Rust HTTP Client with TLS fingerprint"
 keywords = ["http", "client", "websocket", "ja3", "ja4"]
 categories = ["web-programming::http-client"]
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 42b91523..ad46b827 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - *(request)* static init for common content-type header ([#1060](https://github.com/0x676e67/wreq/pull/1060))
 ## [unreleased]
 
+## [6.0.0-rc.30](https://github.com/0x676e67/wreq/compare/v6.0.0-rc.29...v6.0.0-rc.30) - 2026-06-05
+
+### Other
+
+- add single-threaded benchmark for `cyper` HTTP Client ([#1195](https://github.com/0x676e67/wreq/pull/1195))
+
 ### Features
 
 - *(cookie)* RFC 9113 compliant cookie handling ([#1106](https://github.com/0x676e67/wreq/issues/1106)) - ([81f3adb](https://github.com/0x676e67/wreq/commit/81f3adb85e0fff869439bd4eac48405e78916c9a))