diff --git a/src/Flexbar.cpp b/src/Flexbar.cpp
index 6d0dcd0..91b4fe7 100644
--- a/src/Flexbar.cpp
+++ b/src/Flexbar.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]){
 	using namespace std;
 	using namespace seqan;
 	
-	const string version = "3.0 beta";
-	const string date    = "October 2016";
+	const string version = "3.0";
+	const string date    = "March 2017";
 	
 	ArgumentParser parser("flexbar");