diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 1f07f8cd..d8274c16 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-n.n.n / 2014-10-21
+0.3.0-rc.1 / 2014-10-21
 ==================
 
  * Update textom, parse-latin
diff --git a/component.json b/component.json
index 6aa5be44..9496baba 100644
--- a/component.json
+++ b/component.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "retext",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.3.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Extensible system for analysing and manipulating natural language",
   "license": "MIT",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c00d6026..92ad137b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "retext",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.3.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Extensible system for analysing and manipulating natural language",
   "license": "MIT",
   "keywords": [