diff --git a/src/nacl/__init__.py b/src/nacl/__init__.py
index 95d307725fea6e1f174a56a19dcb8bf8db08fc27..a6f7b59e8f84ee8177d09031ecba8d58ddf8cd3a 100644
--- a/src/nacl/__init__.py
+++ b/src/nacl/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ __summary__ = ("Python binding to the Networking and Cryptography (NaCl) "
                "library")
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/"
 
-__version__ = "0.2.3"
+__version__ = "0.3.0"
 
 __author__ = "Donald Stufft"
 __email__ = "donald@stufft.io"