diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f7ae5f..55d94ab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ endif()
 
 set(TIXI_VERSION_MAJOR 3)
 set(TIXI_VERSION_MINOR 0)
-set(TIXI_VERSION_PATCH 0rc1)
+set(TIXI_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(TIXI_VERSION "${TIXI_VERSION_MAJOR}.${TIXI_VERSION_MINOR}.${TIXI_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 # set name of the tixi library