diff --git a/flatland/__init__.py b/flatland/__init__.py
index 9444a28625957f4089ff257e902e348ed74afa8c..9d1f152b15db626553dc0dbb8512874f6b49b797 100644
--- a/flatland/__init__.py
+++ b/flatland/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 __author__ = """S.P. Mohanty"""
 __email__ = 'mohanty@aicrowd.com'
-__version__ = '2.2.2'
+__version__ = '3.0.0rc1'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cf0c6cc0825f60a55a3e7cce69295103fe5f40cb..555fa1badb5d1c5a9001fdd51c8ca4e187bbb91d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.2.2
+current_version = 3.0.0rc1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 951597139909083748ad36810573ab0b2f3b47ed..22044d6c8b19938e9c7a9dd9aa817db83bb8b0cf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ setup(
     test_suite='tests',
     tests_require=test_requirements,
     url='https://gitlab.aicrowd.com/flatland/flatland',
-    version='3.0.0',
+    version='3.0.0rc1',
     zip_safe=False,
 )