diff --git a/lib/liquid/version.rb b/lib/liquid/version.rb
index ee4d2135..d27c6d32 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/version.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 module Liquid
-  VERSION = "2.6.0"
+  VERSION = "3.0.0"
 end