diff --git a/bmaptool b/bmaptool
index 162fee5..3780a74 100755
--- a/bmaptool
+++ b/bmaptool
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ also contribute to the mapped blocks and are also copied.
 #   * Too few public methods (R0903)
 # pylint: disable=R0903
 
-VERSION = "2.6"
+VERSION = "3.0"
 
 import argparse
 import sys
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2b68ab4..4aa2904 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+bmap-tools (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Switch from using SHA1 for checksumming to SHA256.
+  * Start supporting OpenPGP signatures. Both detached and clearsign signatures
+    are supported.
+  * Always sync the image file before creating the bmap for it, to work-around
+    kernel bugs in early FIEMAP implementations.
+
+ -- Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com> Wed, 02 Oct 2013 09:30:22 +0300
+
 bmap-tools (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Add support for on-the-fly decompression of '.xz' and '.tar.xz' files.
diff --git a/packaging/bmap-tools.changes b/packaging/bmap-tools.changes
index 893fc7e..7458d9d 100644
--- a/packaging/bmap-tools.changes
+++ b/packaging/bmap-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Wed Oct  2 06:30:22 UTC 2013 - Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com> 3.0-1
+- Switch from using SHA1 for checksumming to SHA256.
+- Start supporting OpenPGP signatures. Both detached and clearsign signatures
+  are supported.
+- Always sync the image file before creating the bmap for it, to work-around
+  kernel bugs in early FIEMAP implementations.
+
 Tue Aug 13 11:54:31 UTC 2013 - Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com> 2.6-1
 - Add support for on-the-fly decompression of '.xz' and '.tar.xz' files.
 
diff --git a/packaging/bmap-tools.spec b/packaging/bmap-tools.spec
index 61c43f2..1b4f727 100644
--- a/packaging/bmap-tools.spec
+++ b/packaging/bmap-tools.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name: bmap-tools
 Summary: Tools to generate block map (AKA bmap) and flash images using bmap
-Version: 2.6
+Version: 3.0
 
 %if 0%{?opensuse_bs}
 Release: %{rc_str}.<CI_CNT>.<B_CNT>