diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index fe86d9a..5d3be84 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.0.3 (2021-03-17)
+------------------
+
+- switched from using `pip.main` to launching external process via `python -m pip` as it is the
+  recommended way of calling pip (see https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#using-pip-from-your-program)
+
+
 0.0.2 (2020-09-04)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3dd7e50..2c86df6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def _read(f) -> bytes:
     namespace_packages=[
         "wai",
     ],
-    version="0.0.2",
+    version="0.0.3",
     author='Peter Reutemann',
     author_email='fracpete@waikato.ac.nz',
     install_requires=[