diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index bdcbd57c..79f2c8fa 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Make sure all your changes are committed.
 Then run:
 
 ```bash
-$ bump2version dev_release # possible: major / minor / patch / dev_release
+$ bump2version patch # possible: major / minor / patch
 $ git push
 $ git push --tags
 ```
diff --git a/cdp_backend/version.py b/cdp_backend/version.py
index fe0fc52e..b5c2f768 100644
--- a/cdp_backend/version.py
+++ b/cdp_backend/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 # Do not edit this string manually, always use bump2version
 # Details in CONTRIBUTING.md
-__version__ = "3.0.0.dev27"
+__version__ = "3.0.0"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 97fd9be0..3a9a9f1d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.0.0.dev27
-parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+).dev(?P<dev_release>\d+)
-serialize = {major}.{minor}.{patch}.dev{dev_release}
+current_version = 3.0.0
+parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)
+serialize = {major}.{minor}.{patch}
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0da52850..e1353ace 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -148,6 +148,6 @@
     url="https://github.com/CouncilDataProject/cdp-backend",
     # Do not edit this string manually, always use bump2version
     # Details in CONTRIBUTING.rst
-    version="3.0.0.dev27",
+    version="3.0.0",
     zip_safe=False,
 )