diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 4c593c8b1..6f585be88 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.0.0-beta.2
+current_version = 3.0.0-beta.3
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(-(?P<stage>[^.]*)\.(?P<devnum>\d+))?
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index c139464a7..22a544697 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ author = 'NuCypher'
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ''
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '3.0.0-beta.2'
+release = '3.0.0-beta.3'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/source/release_notes/releases.rst b/docs/source/release_notes/releases.rst
index bdfd8b669..a77af4332 100644
--- a/docs/source/release_notes/releases.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release_notes/releases.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Releases
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+v3.0.0-beta.3 (2020-09-30)
+--------------------------
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
 v3.0.0-beta.2 (2020-09-25)
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/nucypher/__about__.py b/nucypher/__about__.py
index 9ea0d4218..141dd4289 100644
--- a/nucypher/__about__.py
+++ b/nucypher/__about__.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ __url__ = "https://github.com/nucypher/nucypher"
 
 __summary__ = 'A proxy re-encryption network to empower privacy in decentralized systems.'
 
-__version__ = "3.0.0-beta.2"
+__version__ = "3.0.0-beta.3"
 
 __author__ = "NuCypher"