diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9ede8c7db18..0c61a07e004 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-	".": "2.56.0"
+	".": "3.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d69a4ea068f..8cbd30012af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.0.0](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-php/compare/v2.56.0...v3.0.0) (2026-04-10)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* drop PHP 7.4–8.1 support to address insecure dependencies
+
+### Features
+
+* **generation:** update request builders and models ([0c36744](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-php/commit/0c36744145568ca75375e6e976d0d4b70a29d8b1))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* drop PHP 7.4–8.1 support to address insecure dependencies ([0a966ba](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-php/commit/0a966bab0461bd90e2c0f5c35da35d9da6e7079b))
+
 ## [2.56.0](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-php/compare/v2.55.0...v2.56.0) (2026-02-05)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index affdd316052..ea5d95cc700 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ You can install the PHP SDK with Composer by editing your `composer.json` file:
 {
     "require": {
         // x-release-please-start-version
-        "microsoft/microsoft-graph": "^2.56.0"
+        "microsoft/microsoft-graph": "^3.0.0"
         // x-release-please-end
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/GraphConstants.php b/src/GraphConstants.php
index a4cffadb427..b1ddaac9ce0 100644
--- a/src/GraphConstants.php
+++ b/src/GraphConstants.php
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ final class GraphConstants
 {
     const API_VERSION = "v1.0";
     // x-release-please-start-version
-    const SDK_VERSION = "2.56.0";
+    const SDK_VERSION = "3.0.0";
     // x-release-please-end
 }