diff --git a/src/mlpack/core/util/version.hpp b/src/mlpack/core/util/version.hpp
index a921444257..f0f8ac36a4 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/core/util/version.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/core/util/version.hpp
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 
 // The version of mlpack.  If this is a git repository, this will be a version
 // with higher number than the most recent release.
-#define MLPACK_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define MLPACK_VERSION_MINOR 2
+#define MLPACK_VERSION_MAJOR 3
+#define MLPACK_VERSION_MINOR 0
 #define MLPACK_VERSION_PATCH "x"
 
 // Reverse compatibility; these macros will be removed in future versions of
 // mlpack (3.0.0 and newer)!
-#define __MLPACK_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define __MLPACK_VERSION_MINOR 2
+#define __MLPACK_VERSION_MAJOR 3
+#define __MLPACK_VERSION_MINOR 0
 #define __MLPACK_VERSION_PATCH "x"
 
 // The name of the version (for use by --version).