diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4a36342fc..cb2b00e4f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.0
+3.0.1
diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 91a0d0ac1..1b06b8f13 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	clientIdentifier = "Geth"   // Client identifier to advertise over the network
-	versionMajor     = 3        // Major version component of the current release
-	versionMinor     = 0        // Minor version component of the current release
-	versionPatch     = 0        // Patch version component of the current release
-	versionMeta      = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	clientIdentifier = "Geth"     // Client identifier to advertise over the network
+	versionMajor     = 3          // Major version component of the current release
+	versionMinor     = 0          // Minor version component of the current release
+	versionPatch     = 1          // Patch version component of the current release
+	versionMeta      = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 
 	// !EPROJECT Replace Oracle or remove point of centralization
 	versionOracle = "0xfa7b9770ca4cb04296cac84f37736d4041251cdf" // Ethereum address of the Geth release oracle