diff --git a/slack_client/__init__.py b/slack_client/__init__.py
index 0e672ad..f0f5f2a 100644
--- a/slack_client/__init__.py
+++ b/slack_client/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from .api import SlackAPI
 from .channel import SlackChannel
 
-__version__ = '0.2.16'
+__version__ = '0.3.0'