diff --git a/README b/README
index 92f199c46..9e3c58eac 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -35,7 +35,23 @@ before calling SSL_new();  Though it's not recommended.
 *** end Notes ***
 
 
-CyaSSL Release 2.9.4 (04/09/2014)
+CyaSSL Release 3.0.0 (04/29/2014)
+
+Release 3.0.0 CyaSSL has bug fixes and new features including:
+
+- FIPS release candidate
+- X.509 improvements that address items reported by Suman Jana with security
+  researchers at UT Austin and UC Davis
+- Small stack size improvements, --enable-smallstack. Offloads large local
+  variables to the heap. (Note this is not complete.)
+- Updated AES-CCM-8 cipher suites to use approved suite numbers.
+
+The CyaSSL manual is available at:
+http://www.yassl.com/documentation/CyaSSL-Manual.pdf.  For build instructions
+and comments about the new features please check the manual.
+
+
+************ CyaSSL Release 2.9.4 (04/09/2014)
 
 Release 2.9.4 CyaSSL has bug fixes and new features including:
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b48aaa67..2de6912a1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 #
 
-AC_INIT([cyassl],[2.9.5],[https://github.com/cyassl/cyassl/issues],[cyassl],[http://www.yassl.com])
+AC_INIT([cyassl],[3.0.0],[https://github.com/cyassl/cyassl/issues],[cyassl],[http://www.wolfssl.com])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h:config.in])dnl Keep filename to 8.3 for MS-DOS.
 
 #shared library versioning
-CYASSL_LIBRARY_VERSION=5:4:0
+CYASSL_LIBRARY_VERSION=5:5:0
 #                      | | |
 #               +------+ | +---+
 #               |        |     |
diff --git a/cyassl/version.h b/cyassl/version.h
index 3afd1c965..9df3246e7 100644
--- a/cyassl/version.h
+++ b/cyassl/version.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define LIBCYASSL_VERSION_STRING "2.9.5"
-#define LIBCYASSL_VERSION_HEX 0x02009005
+#define LIBCYASSL_VERSION_STRING "3.0.0"
+#define LIBCYASSL_VERSION_HEX 0x03000000
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/rpm/spec.in b/rpm/spec.in
index e1ca1c99e..2b01db387 100644
--- a/rpm/spec.in
+++ b/rpm/spec.in
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/
 %{_libdir}/libcyassl.la
 %{_libdir}/libcyassl.so
 %{_libdir}/libcyassl.so.5
-%{_libdir}/libcyassl.so.5.0.3
+%{_libdir}/libcyassl.so.5.0.5
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)