diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ffc510f1..447858cc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ exec ${GUILE} --no-auto-compile -L $(pwd) -e '(@@ (configure) main)' -s "$0" ${1
 
 (define *shell* "sh")
 (define PACKAGE "mes")
-(define VERSION "0.2")
+(define VERSION "0.3")
 (define PREFIX "/usr/local")
 (define GUILE_EV (effective-version))
 (define CC (or (getenv "CC") "gcc"))
diff --git a/mes.c b/mes.c
index 24a26dc7..1d3f1765 100644
--- a/mes.c
+++ b/mes.c
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     ARENA_SIZE = atoi (getenv ("MES_ARENA"));
   if (argc > 1 && !strcmp (argv[1], "--dump")) g_dump_p = true;
   if (argc > 1 && !strcmp (argv[1], "--help")) return puts ("Usage: mes < FILE\n");
-  if (argc > 1 && !strcmp (argv[1], "--version")) return puts ("Mes 0.2\n");
+  if (argc > 1 && !strcmp (argv[1], "--version")) return puts ("Mes 0.3\n");
   g_stdin = stdin;
   SCM a = mes_environment ();
   if (argc > 1 && !strcmp (argv[1], "--load"))
diff --git a/module/mes/repl.mes b/module/mes/repl.mes
index 81187a59..2ec4f1f7 100644
--- a/module/mes/repl.mes
+++ b/module/mes/repl.mes
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 (mes-use-module (mes scm))
 
 (define welcome
-  "Mes 0.2
+  "Mes 0.3
 Copyright (C) 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 
 Mes comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `,show w'.