diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 017a52fc2..d49cdd320 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Changelog for python-chess
 ==========================
 
-Upcoming in the next release
-----------------------------
+New in v0.30.0
+--------------
 
 Changes:
 
diff --git a/chess/__init__.py b/chess/__init__.py
index 9392f31a8..5b8d9c6c8 100644
--- a/chess/__init__.py
+++ b/chess/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 __email__ = "niklas.fiekas@backscattering.de"
 
-__version__ = "0.29.0"
+__version__ = "0.30.0"
 
 import collections
 import copy