diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 80cf9f8..3b194e6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
 # Generic version of not only the library. Major version is reserved for really big changes of the project,
 # minor version changes with added functionality (new tool, functionality of the tool or library, ...) and
 # micro version is changed with a set of small changes or bugfixes anywhere in the project.
-set(LIBNETCONF2_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
-set(LIBNETCONF2_MINOR_VERSION 1)
-set(LIBNETCONF2_MICRO_VERSION 40)
+set(LIBNETCONF2_MAJOR_VERSION 3)
+set(LIBNETCONF2_MINOR_VERSION 0)
+set(LIBNETCONF2_MICRO_VERSION 0)
 set(LIBNETCONF2_VERSION ${LIBNETCONF2_MAJOR_VERSION}.${LIBNETCONF2_MINOR_VERSION}.${LIBNETCONF2_MICRO_VERSION})
 
 # Version of the library