diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index cefca5dfe5e1ab60048e3335fa05ec55db3e998f..022d919dd11f22b002722603793b4dbbd763b772 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ copyright = u'2010, scikits.learn developers'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.3-beta'
+version = '0.3'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.3-beta'
+release = '0.3'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a87612929cf477f399b7c82f4bf07692031942d..5e3b335d149625cdd1c224ffaa9152233f6af7e4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ MAINTAINER_EMAIL    = 'fabian.pedregosa@inria.fr'
 URL                 = 'http://scikit-learn.sourceforge.net'
 LICENSE             = 'new BSD'
 DOWNLOAD_URL        = 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/scikit-learn/files/'
-VERSION             = '0.3-beta'
+VERSION             = '0.3'
 
 import setuptools # we are using a setuptools namespace
 from numpy.distutils.core import setup