diff --git a/_pytest/__init__.py b/_pytest/__init__.py
index 3252e0824..40f66537c 100644
--- a/_pytest/__init__.py
+++ b/_pytest/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #
-__version__ = '3.0.0.dev1'
+__version__ = '3.0.0'