diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8faee0e..0e6c51e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 Copyright (C) 2014 Tim Ruehsen
 
+05.06.2014 Release V0.3.0
+  * added support for libicu in psl2c (IDNA2008 UTS#46)
+    this needs pkg-config and libicu-dev installed
+  * added --version to psl utility
+
 31.05.2014 Release V0.2.5
   * added psl_get_version()
   * removed version from library name
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6bb6711..7bc8fbc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Libpsl...
 - finds the shortest private part of a given domain
 - works with international domains (UTF-8 and IDNA2008 Punycode)
 - is thread-safe
-- handles IDNA2008 UTS#46 (library has to be compiled with libicu)
+- handles IDNA2008 UTS#46 (libicu is used by psl2c if installed)
 
 Find more information about the Publix Suffix List [here](http://publicsuffix.org/).
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 52da77c..970a0b3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-AC_INIT([libpsl], [0.2.5], [tim.ruehsen@gmx.de], [libpsl], [http://github.com/rockdaboot/libpsl])
+AC_INIT([libpsl], [0.3.0], [tim.ruehsen@gmx.de], [libpsl], [http://github.com/rockdaboot/libpsl])
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 -Wall no-define])