diff --git a/continuous_integration/appveyor/run_test.bat b/continuous_integration/appveyor/run_test.bat
index b1fc35abeda..62edc537254 100644
--- a/continuous_integration/appveyor/run_test.bat
+++ b/continuous_integration/appveyor/run_test.bat
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mkdir C:\projects\tmp
 cd C:\projects\tmp
 
 :: Install the package we created
-conda install -q -y --use-local spyder==3.0.0b2
+conda install -q -y --use-local spyder==3.0.0b3
 
 :: Install extra packages
 conda install -q -y %EXTRA_PACKAGES%
diff --git a/continuous_integration/conda-recipes/spyder/meta.yaml b/continuous_integration/conda-recipes/spyder/meta.yaml
index 22891013934..2f5f2ae1c51 100644
--- a/continuous_integration/conda-recipes/spyder/meta.yaml
+++ b/continuous_integration/conda-recipes/spyder/meta.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: spyder
   version: {{ environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG', '').replace('v', '') }}                                    [unix]
-  version: 3.0.0b2                                                                                       [win]
+  version: 3.0.0b3                                                                                       [win]
 
 build:
   number: {{ environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER', 0) }}                                                    [unix]
diff --git a/continuous_integration/travis/run_test.sh b/continuous_integration/travis/run_test.sh
index 1fdaaa49862..ebe354d8a2f 100755
--- a/continuous_integration/travis/run_test.sh
+++ b/continuous_integration/travis/run_test.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if [ "$USE_CONDA" = true ] ; then
     cd ~/tmp
 
     # Install and run the package
-    conda install --use-local spyder==3.0.0b2
+    conda install --use-local spyder==3.0.0b3
 
     # Install extra packages
     conda install -q $EXTRA_PACKAGES
diff --git a/spyderlib/__init__.py b/spyderlib/__init__.py
index 4c927d4f5ea..f4a9307644d 100644
--- a/spyderlib/__init__.py
+++ b/spyderlib/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 
-version_info = (3, 0, 0, "dev0")
+version_info = (3, 0, "0b3")
 
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))
 __license__ = __doc__