diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c1b5d856..3b87e6fc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+birdfont (2.30.0) stable;
+
+  * Smaller .birdfont files
+
+ -- Johan Mattsson <johan.mattsson.m@gmail.com>  Tue Feb  8 03:03:27 CET 2022
+
 birdfont (2.27.0) stable;
 
   * Automatic backups every time a font is saved.
diff --git a/scripts/version.py b/scripts/version.py
index a8e6b5e9..0920287a 100644
--- a/scripts/version.py
+++ b/scripts/version.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 """
 
-VERSION = '2.29.6'
+VERSION = '2.30.0'
 SO_VERSION_MAJOR = '36'
 SO_VERSION_MINOR = '0'
 SO_VERSION = SO_VERSION_MAJOR + '.' + SO_VERSION_MINOR