diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 291d625..a16c25f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 This file lists notable changes in each release. For the full history of all
 changes, see ChangeLog.
 
+2010-09-08: v0.3.0 release
+ * Add support for UPEK TCS4C (USB ID 147e:1000)
+ * Use NSS instead of OpenSSL for GPL compliance
+ * upeksonly driver bug fixes
+ * Fix a crash if a scan was shorter than 8 lines
+ * Fix compilation with C++ compiler
+
 2010-08-19: v0.2.0 release (since 0.1.0-pre2)
  * Add gdk-pixbuf support for image manipulation
  * Add udev rules to allow devices to autosuspend
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 714c44e..87a1fe8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([libfprint], [0.2.0])
+AC_INIT([libfprint], [0.3.0])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip check-news])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([libfprint/core.c])