diff --git a/pysradb/__init__.py b/pysradb/__init__.py
index beab78ff..ed2510dc 100644
--- a/pysradb/__init__.py
+++ b/pysradb/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 __author__ = """Saket Choudhary"""
 __email__ = 'saketkc@gmail.com'
-__version__ = '0.2.2'
+__version__ = '0.3.0'
 
 from .pysradb import download_sradb_file
 from .pysradb import SRAdb
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4ec2c39c..89db3b5d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.2.2
+current_version = 0.3.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 85341bb6..ffabecac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@
     test_suite='tests',
     tests_require=test_requirements,
     url='https://github.com/saketkc/pysradb',
-    version='0.2.2',
+    version='0.3.0',
     zip_safe=False,
 )