diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48179f02e102f..a7eb0dfd3894e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "typescript",
     "author": "Microsoft Corp.",
     "homepage": "http://typescriptlang.org/",
-    "version": "2.9.0",
+    "version": "3.0.0",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "description": "TypeScript is a language for application scale JavaScript development",
     "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/compiler/core.ts b/src/compiler/core.ts
index 3e8e33e301719..d23aa681422be 100644
--- a/src/compiler/core.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/core.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 namespace ts {
     // WARNING: The script `configureNightly.ts` uses a regexp to parse out these values.
     // If changing the text in this section, be sure to test `configureNightly` too.
-    export const versionMajorMinor = "2.9";
+    export const versionMajorMinor = "3.0";
     /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
     export const version = `${versionMajorMinor}.0-dev`;
 }
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/api/tsserverlibrary.d.ts b/tests/baselines/reference/api/tsserverlibrary.d.ts
index 67bd6cbe9801b..0a32d8665690c 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/api/tsserverlibrary.d.ts
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/api/tsserverlibrary.d.ts
@@ -2938,7 +2938,7 @@ declare namespace ts {
     }
 }
 declare namespace ts {
-    const versionMajorMinor = "2.9";
+    const versionMajorMinor = "3.0";
     /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
     const version: string;
 }
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/api/typescript.d.ts b/tests/baselines/reference/api/typescript.d.ts
index ef435632a3667..3c2e5d27038cf 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/api/typescript.d.ts
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/api/typescript.d.ts
@@ -2938,7 +2938,7 @@ declare namespace ts {
     }
 }
 declare namespace ts {
-    const versionMajorMinor = "2.9";
+    const versionMajorMinor = "3.0";
     /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
     const version: string;
 }