diff --git a/lib/version.rb b/lib/version.rb
index 1c61412b61d..bc2eb8db39a 100644
--- a/lib/version.rb
+++ b/lib/version.rb
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ module Discourse
   # work around reloader
   unless defined? ::Discourse::VERSION
     module VERSION #:nodoc:
-      MAJOR = 2
-      MINOR = 9
+      MAJOR = 3
+      MINOR = 0
       TINY  = 0
-      PRE   = 'beta14'
+      PRE   = 'beta15'
 
       STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
     end