diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aff51674f32e8e2eb6ac6931b0ef9ed9946a8ffe..dca1fd4945f4f2b792485af948215188b19f28b2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class CustomBuildCommand(distutils.command.build.build):
 
 setup(
     name="binarycpython",
-    version="0.2.8",
+    version="0.3",
     description="""This is a python API for binary_c (versions {}) by David Hendriks, Rob Izzard and collaborators. Based on the initial set up by Jeff andrews.""".format(
         ",".join(REQUIRED_BINARY_C_VERSIONS),
         ",".join(REQUIRED_BINARY_C_VERSIONS),