diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 230786dd98c7dc497a33e12cde1d19337bf0fa4b..1a6a30fc8bb5da12e42adf84292901d70a8f6d16 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
 include(cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake)
 
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 2.0)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 3.0)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b14caf9780e5e8a40d8610bf6d607ec63301260..4a269895b14fd181d7271d2b71e240815deb66b1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 2)
-m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 2)
+m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 3)
 m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 0)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])