diff --git a/lib/erb/version.rb b/lib/erb/version.rb
index 0aaa38258f..572b292583 100644
--- a/lib/erb/version.rb
+++ b/lib/erb/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 class ERB
-  VERSION = '2.2.3'
+  VERSION = '3.0.0'
   private_constant :VERSION
 end