diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d781071be..498f27b53 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Version 3.0.0
+    * released 27 February 2018
+    * first Falkon release
+    * added experimental support for Python extensions
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Version 2.1.2
     * released 15 March 2017
     * updated translations
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ed5a17a3a..d13522d8d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 
 # Project name and version
-project(Falkon VERSION 2.1.99)
+project(Falkon VERSION 3.0.0)
 
 # Find ECM, with nice error handling in case of failure
 include(FeatureSummary)
diff --git a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index c12300112..a3b66d1b5 100644
--- a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     endif()
     target_link_libraries(FalkonPrivate crypto)
 
-    set_target_properties(FalkonPrivate PROPERTIES VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION} SOVERSION "2")
+    set_target_properties(FalkonPrivate PROPERTIES VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION} SOVERSION "3")
     install(TARGETS FalkonPrivate ${KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} LIBRARY NAMELINK_SKIP)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/lib/app/profilemanager.cpp b/src/lib/app/profilemanager.cpp
index a8535ac6a..94b9b42be 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/profilemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/app/profilemanager.cpp
@@ -194,12 +194,7 @@ void ProfileManager::updateProfile(const QString &current, const QString &profil
     }
 
     // No change in 2.0
-    if (prof < Updater::Version("2.0.99")) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // No change in 2.1
-    if (prof < Updater::Version("2.1.99")) {
+    if (prof < Updater::Version("2.9.99")) {
         return;
     }