diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 95fc4e5..da4d2d0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 News (mainly features/major bug fixes)
 
+portage-3.0.30
+--------------
+* fix warning/crash on bad PROVIDES in package. See bug 828966.
+* avoid infinite loop in _optimized_copyfile. See bug 828844.
+
 portage-3.0.29
 --------------
 * check for inconsistent/missing PROVIDES during package (and binpkg)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2c551e1..b525454 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="portage",
-    version="3.0.29",
+    version="3.0.30",
     url="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage",
     project_urls={
         "Release Notes": "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/plain/RELEASE-NOTES",