diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ec9a18d..6fde260 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 dnl General Public License for more details.
 
-AC_INIT([abismal], [0.2.0], [andrewds@usc.edu],
+AC_INIT([abismal], [0.3.0], [andrewds@usc.edu],
         [abismal], [https://github.com/smithlabcode/abismal])
 
 dnl the config.h is not currently #included in the source, and only
diff --git a/src/abismal.cpp b/src/abismal.cpp
index c3748e5..99b5331 100644
--- a/src/abismal.cpp
+++ b/src/abismal.cpp
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ run_paired_ended(const bool VERBOSE,
 int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
 
   try {
-    static const string ABISMAL_VERSION = "0.2.0";
+    static const string ABISMAL_VERSION = "0.3.0";
     bool VERBOSE = false;
     bool GA_conversion = false;
     bool allow_ambig = false;