diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d42046a..90e0670 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ application_ruby Cookbook CHANGELOG
 This file is used to list changes made in each version of the application_rubycookbook.
 
 
+v3.0.0
+------
+Major version bump. Breaking backwards compatibility with Chef10.x
+
+
 v2.2.0
 ------
 ### Bug
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index ef16a53..c490804 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 license          "Apache 2.0"
 description      "Deploys and configures Ruby-based applications"
 long_description  IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          "2.2.1"
+version          "3.0.0"
 
 %w{ unicorn apache2 passenger_apache2 }.each do |cb|
   depends cb