diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e886b64..eef3a99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: alire-project/setup-alire@v5
 
     - name: Build project
-      run: alr build
+      run: alr build --validation
 
     - name: Run tests
       run: alr test
diff --git a/alire.toml b/alire.toml
index a22a69f..04104b5 100644
--- a/alire.toml
+++ b/alire.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name = "simple_logging"
-version = "3.0.0-dev"
+version = "3.0.0"
 # Breaking changes:
 # 3.0: new completion text in Activity constructor