diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db2e8e86ab3542bdb7abba98490b302777e2c170..f94265e5b838520d169091754607aba0b71c12e3 100644
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## gitlab-mirrors v0.3.0
+
+* Certified compatibility with GitLab 6.2
+* Upgraded prerequisites to a newer version of `pyapi-gitlab` (formerly `python-gitlab`).
+
+---
 ## gitlab-mirrors v0.2.10
 
 * This is a bugfix release in the gitlab-6-0 branch series.  From now on all v0.2.X releases will be for the `gitlab-6-0` branch and all v0.3.X releases will be for the `gitlab-6-1` branch.
diff --git a/lib/VERSION b/lib/VERSION
index 0b373234d65a1fadd115e37b3f3b747764323fd6..e8c4da590faacbd5cd63e12d6fdb91093040762c 100644
--- a/lib/VERSION
+++ b/lib/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION="v0.2.11pre"
+VERSION="v0.3.0pre"