diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5eee1c74..5ea4df71 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Changes for crate
 =================
 
-Unreleased
+2026/09/17 2.3.0
 ================
 - Added ``DefaultTypeConverter`` support that decodes ``DataType.UUID``
   columns to Python ``uuid.UUID`` objects instead of returning the raw string.
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ Unreleased
   Fixed ``Converter.get()`` raising ``ValueError`` for column type identifiers
   it does not know. Unknown identifiers now fall back to the default converter.
 
-- Breaking change: ``connect()`` now raises ``ConnectionError`` immediately if
-no configured server node responds.
+- Breaking change: ``connect()`` now raises
+  ``crate.client.exceptions.ConnectionError`` immediately if no configured
+  server node responds.
 
 - Breaking change: ``DefaultTypeConverter`` now decodes ``DataType.BIT``
   columns, converting CrateDB's ``B'0110'`` wire format to a plain string of
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2fb8a075..ed306181 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
 include = [
   "/docs",
-  "/src/crate/*.py",
+  "/src/crate",
   "/tests",
-  "*.rst",
-  "*.txt",
+  "/*.rst",
+  "/*.txt",
 ]
 exclude = [
   "/docs/.crate-docs",