diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 227cea2..4a36342 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.0
+3.0.0
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7d38a58..47d1174 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "3.0.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "2.0.0"
+release = "3.0.0"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pocean/__init__.py b/pocean/__init__.py
index 6454a72..15b57b2 100644
--- a/pocean/__init__.py
+++ b/pocean/__init__.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger("pocean")
 logger.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 
-__version__ = "2.0.0"
+__version__ = "3.0.0"