diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef968ba..494408e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@ Initial release of QUANTS, created with the [nf-core](https://nf-co.re/) templat
 * Update version of pyQUEST to version 1.1.0
     * Improved handling of 0-length reads
     * Ability to extract top 50 library-independent counts as FASTA
+## 3.0.0.3 - [24th January 2024]
+
+* Hotfix to force COLLATE_CUTADAPT_JSONS to run on 1 cpu
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 8d6c77c..1579aa2 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ manifest {
     description     = 'Analysis pipeline for saturation genome editing screens'
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
     nextflowVersion = '!>=21.10.6'
-    version         = '3.0.0.2'
+    version         = '3.0.0.3'
 }
 
 // Function to ensure that resource requirements don't go beyond