diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index 04b9821030bcb23e0db6a3685e4e2a38ab304897..67afc7811480ea5ac473c4992b735720679f42ac 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "2.2.1",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index 5ca0b0c5edc2ddd6cce1336899e699cab02f9c90..ba9477262843a45bed7edaa8ccc8f81140e82796 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version('2.2.1')
+    monsterVersion = new Version('3.0.0')
 
     return monsterVersion;
 
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index 9909a9bafdab0066edcf6554225e03bf2463cbc0..0e589a4a6595ee792bf51aeeddecf2b37a232da4 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "2.2.1",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index cff43efab6fad1f529790f7a3951e1cc7773b778..9999cac87f45f003c256dec52358960ed6fcf01d 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don´t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version('2.2.1')
+        monsterVersion = new Version('3.0.0')
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();