diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b78997542..c97859ba2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## Unreleased
+## [3.0.0] - 2017-02-13
+### Added
+* First stable release of Koop 3.0
+
 ### Changed
 * Remove Koop Local Cache in favor of [koop-cache-memory](https://github.com/koopjs/koop-cache-memory)
 
@@ -704,6 +707,8 @@ Koop is now just a node module that exposes an express middleware app with hooks
   - koop-server is no more; all central code is in the koop project
   - to use Koop you must use it as middleware in an app that boots up an http server
 
+[3.0.0]: https://github.com/koopjs/koop/compare/v3.0.0-alpha.28...v3.0.0
+[3.0.0-alpha.29]: https://github.com/koopjs/koop/compare/v3.0.0-alpha.28...v3.0.0-alpha.29
 [3.0.0-alpha.28]: https://github.com/koopjs/koop/compare/v3.0.0-alpha.27...v3.0.0-alpha.28
 [3.0.0-alpha.27]: https://github.com/koopjs/koop/compare/v3.0.0-alpha.26...v3.0.0-alpha.27
 [3.0.0-alpha.26]: https://github.com/koopjs/koop/compare/v3.0.0-alpha.25...v3.0.0-alpha.26
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 175f2c602..6de0b6b91 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 [standard-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg
 [standard-url]: http://standardjs.com/
 
-**NOTE: The 3.x branch is currently unstable. Please use the 2.x branch unless you know what you are doing**
-
 Koop is [Express middleware](http://expressjs.com/guide/using-middleware.html) for simplifying geographic data consumption across many different providers and in many different formats.
 
 Koop provides a flexible server for dynamically transforming 3rd party data sources (APIs) into [Feature Services](http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-rest-api/#/Query_Feature_Service_Layer/02r3000000r1000000/) and standard geographic data formats (GeoJSON, Shapefile, KML, CSV). This project is meant to provide a versatile platform for experimenting and working with various datasets within the global geospatial data ecosystem. Koop aims to allow easier access to any open data API and to make third party data easier to use within the realm of Esri's geospatial web products.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6e81dd994..e376f850a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "koop",
   "description": "Transform, query, & download geospatial data on the web",
-  "version": "3.0.0-alpha.29",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Chris Helm"
   },