diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 9e8c135028..f9ff00d014 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="3.0.2"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="3.0.3"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f1232abdfa..0f3a46c122 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (3.0.3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New release 
+
+ -- Jake Luciani <jake@apache.org>  Wed, 03 Feb 2016 08:54:57 -0500
+
 cassandra (3.0.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New release