diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ad781fc2..5bbca249 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-07-31  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
+
+	* 3.0.0: release
+
 2012-07-29  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
 
 	* 3.0.rc1: release
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8f1bb4d2..71daedff 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 dnl This config.in requires autoconf 2.5 or greater.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([qpdf],[3.0.rc1])
+AC_INIT([qpdf],[3.0.0])
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([autoconf.mk])
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
index e08b3ecb..ded256bf 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <qpdf/QPDF_Null.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.hh>
 
-std::string QPDF::qpdf_version = "3.0.rc1";
+std::string QPDF::qpdf_version = "3.0.0";
 
 static char const* EMPTY_PDF =
     "%PDF-1.3\n"
diff --git a/libqpdf/build.mk b/libqpdf/build.mk
index cc379b63..93b6d17d 100644
--- a/libqpdf/build.mk
+++ b/libqpdf/build.mk
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ $(OBJS_libqpdf): libqpdf/$(OUTPUT_DIR)/%.$(LOBJ): libqpdf/%.cc
 # * Otherwise, increment REVISION
 
 $(TARGETS_libqpdf): $(OBJS_libqpdf)
-	$(call makelib,$(OBJS_libqpdf),$@,$(LDFLAGS),$(LIBS),8,0,0)
+	$(call makelib,$(OBJS_libqpdf),$@,$(LDFLAGS),$(LIBS),8,1,0)
diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
index fc6b0ecb..ba2ba787 100644
--- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
+++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 <!ENTITY mdash "&#x2014;">
 <!ENTITY ndash "&#x2013;">
 <!ENTITY nbsp "&#xA0;">
-<!ENTITY swversion "3.0.rc1">
-<!ENTITY lastreleased "July 29, 2012">
+<!ENTITY swversion "3.0.0">
+<!ENTITY lastreleased "August 2, 2012">
 ]>
 <book>
  <bookinfo>
@@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ print "\n";
   </para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
-    <term>3.0.rc1: July 29, 2012</term>
+    <term>3.0.0: August 2, 2012</term>
     <listitem>
      <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/qpdf.spec b/qpdf.spec
index b0f6acd6..80a162bd 100644
--- a/qpdf.spec
+++ b/qpdf.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: Command-line tools and library for transforming PDF files
 Name: qpdf
-Version: 3.0.rc1
+Version: 3.0.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: Artistic
 Group: System Environment/Libraries