diff --git a/qutebrowser/__init__.py b/qutebrowser/__init__.py
index ed9c54dc8..90c5dcd96 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/__init__.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright 2014-2015 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler)"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 __maintainer__ = __author__
 __email__ = "mail@qutebrowser.org"
-__version_info__ = (0, 2, 1)
+__version_info__ = (0, 3, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))
 __description__ = "A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5 and QtWebKit."