diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 9294e29..f83af61 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Release History
 ---------------
 
 
-0.3 (2011-12-XX)
+0.3 (2012-01-XX)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 * Moved version number to a VERSION.txt file (read by both docs and setup.py)
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 2f45361..f46a2c2 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2
\ No newline at end of file
+0.2+
\ No newline at end of file