diff --git a/k2mosaic/version.py b/k2mosaic/version.py
index 52f70fb..4936356 100644
--- a/k2mosaic/version.py
+++ b/k2mosaic/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # It is important to store the version number in a separate file
 # so that we can read it from setup.py without importing the package
-__version__ = "2.1.dev"
+__version__ = "3.0.0"