diff --git a/pyhive/__init__.py b/pyhive/__init__.py
index aefad90e..6111a759 100644
--- a/pyhive/__init__.py
+++ b/pyhive/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
-__version__ = '0.2.1'
+__version__ = '0.3.0'