diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 823526a5..8f8dc268 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(uvg266
 LANGUAGES C CXX
 HOMEPAGE_URL https://github.com/ultravideo/uvg266
 DESCRIPTION "An open-source VVC encoder licensed under 3-clause BSD"
-VERSION 0.2.3 )
+VERSION 0.3.0 )
 
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build using shared uvg266 library" ON)
 
diff --git a/doc/uvg266.1 b/doc/uvg266.1
index 7d6947b3..999d9fe9 100644
--- a/doc/uvg266.1
+++ b/doc/uvg266.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH UVG266 "1" "June 2022" "uvg266 v0.2.3" "User Commands"
+.TH UVG266 "1" "June 2022" "uvg266 v0.3.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 uvg266 \- open source VVC encoder
 .SH SYNOPSIS