From d3cc85dd6ac97797b394c37518265ec20d4024af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "sava-release-please[bot]"
 <280970718+sava-release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:46:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 25.3.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 94d57bf..70b483c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "25.2.0"
+  ".": "25.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 579124c..7351f5d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [25.3.0](https://github.com/sava-software/json-iterator/compare/25.2.0...25.3.0) (2026-07-19)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **jsoniter:** JsonIterator.readObject() and readObjField() are removed.
+* **jsoniter:** Default `readArray` and `readMap` methods now utilize an optimized sizing logic. Update any custom implementations relying on previous behaviors. Enriched `JsonException` may impact exception handling logic.
+
+### Features
+
+* **build:** Bump sava-build plugin version ([6eaed15](https://github.com/sava-software/json-iterator/commit/6eaed15407505b09b8b93e67480fe67b16a7342e))
+* **jsoniter:** add quality gate and mutation ratchet process details ([0efe144](https://github.com/sava-software/json-iterator/commit/0efe1445c3b86e48ad7512f50ff5eca7a5ee71e4))
+* **jsoniter:** add quality gate and mutation ratchet process details ([7a3c4eb](https://github.com/sava-software/json-iterator/commit/7a3c4eb05dde14dc629940ef6751e32ccb47c09d))
+* **jsoniter:** enhance parsing with sized array and map methods ([db15a1b](https://github.com/sava-software/json-iterator/commit/db15a1b4aad9e15c0b642b1666a94db0ae5d106a))
+* **jsoniter:** remove deprecated readObject/readObjField ([4db0000](https://github.com/sava-software/json-iterator/commit/4db0000ad553d5655704b5158b942fbc2a07eb8f))
+* **test:** add multibyte scan path and fuzz corpus replay tests ([aa16460](https://github.com/sava-software/json-iterator/commit/aa164606f7b2a55bd7d22c7601565a9e97aa93bc))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* release 25.3.0 ([db236fd](https://github.com/sava-software/json-iterator/commit/db236fdb011cbd0819a292618af7e2844d79699b))
+
 ## [25.2.0](https://github.com/sava-software/json-iterator/compare/25.1.3...25.2.0) (2026-07-18)