diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c80695197..ec3039cc8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH TRUE)
 set (CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
 # set version of the project
-set(LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
-set(LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION 2)
-set(LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION 10)
+set(LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION 3)
+set(LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION 0)
+set(LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION 0)
 set(LIBYANG_VERSION ${LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION})
+
 # set version of the library
 set(LIBYANG_MAJOR_SOVERSION 3)
 set(LIBYANG_MINOR_SOVERSION 0)