diff --git a/VERSION.cmake b/VERSION.cmake
index c07c51ac6..7aa29949b 100644
--- a/VERSION.cmake
+++ b/VERSION.cmake
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-set( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_STR  "3.0.0" )
+set( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_STR  "0.10.0" )
 
diff --git a/src/grib_api_internal.h b/src/grib_api_internal.h
index 75cc8ac77..78239e65c 100644
--- a/src/grib_api_internal.h
+++ b/src/grib_api_internal.h
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ extern "C" {
 double rint(double x);
 
 /* define version numbers here on Windows */
-#define GRIB_API_MAJOR_VERSION    3
-#define GRIB_API_MINOR_VERSION    0
+#define GRIB_API_MAJOR_VERSION    0
+#define GRIB_API_MINOR_VERSION    10
 #define GRIB_API_REVISION_VERSION 0
 
 #ifndef S_ISREG
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index d1f3f79f4..89135fc82 100644
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 PACKAGE_NAME='grib_api'
 
 # Package version
-GRIB_API_MAJOR_VERSION=3
-GRIB_API_MINOR_VERSION=0
+GRIB_API_MAJOR_VERSION=0
+GRIB_API_MINOR_VERSION=10
 GRIB_API_REVISION_VERSION=0
 
 GRIB_ABI_CURRENT=1