diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 8fe670131fc7..3a762f1c00ff 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ LIBSYNTAX_DSYM_GLOB :=$(call CFG_LIB_DSYM_GLOB,syntax)
 
 # version-string calculation
 CFG_GIT_DIR := $(CFG_SRC_DIR).git
-CFG_RELEASE = 0.2
+CFG_RELEASE = 0.3
 CFG_VERSION = $(CFG_RELEASE)
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(CFG_GIT)),)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51e9fcd22bd7..04f52a19d1c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ To build from source you will also need the following prerequisite packages:
 Assuming you're on a relatively modern Linux/OSX system and have met the
 prerequisites, something along these lines should work:
 
-    $ tar -xzf rust-0.2.tar.gz
-    $ cd rust-0.2
+    $ tar -xzf rust-0.3.tar.gz
+    $ cd rust-0.3
     $ ./configure
     $ make && make install
 
diff --git a/doc/tutorial.md b/doc/tutorial.md
index f9a9d11d6d87..cc7a148fa1f4 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial.md
+++ b/doc/tutorial.md
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ source on Windows requires some extra steps: please see the [getting
 started][wiki-get-started] page on the Rust wiki.
 
 ~~~~ {.notrust}
-$ wget http://dl.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.2.tar.gz
-$ tar -xzf rust-0.2.tar.gz
-$ cd rust-0.2
+$ wget http://dl.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.3.tar.gz
+$ tar -xzf rust-0.3.tar.gz
+$ cd rust-0.3
 $ ./configure
 $ make && make install
 ~~~~
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ When complete, `make install` will place the following programs into
   * `cargo`, the Rust package manager
 
 [wiki-get-started]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-getting-started-developing-Rust
-[tarball]: http://dl.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.2.tar.gz
+[tarball]: http://dl.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.3.tar.gz
 
 ## Compiling your first program