diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index 0e25e618..bfc2e2ba 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 Getting Started with LuaJ
 
 </h1>
-James Roseborough, Ian Farmer, Version 3.0-alpha2
+James Roseborough, Ian Farmer, Version 3.0-alpha3
 <p>
 <small>
-Copyright &copy; 2009-2012 Luaj.org.
+Copyright &copy; 2009-2013 Luaj.org.
 Freely available under the terms of the
 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/dbimage.php?id=196142">Luaj license</a>.
 </small>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ in comparison with the standard C distribution.
 	<td>16.794</td>
 	<td>11.274</td>
 	<td>Java</td>
-	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar;bcel-5.2.jar lua <b>-b</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
+	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar;bcel-5.2.jar lua <b>-b</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 	<td></td>
 	<td></td>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ in comparison with the standard C distribution.
 	<td>36.894</td>
 	<td>15.163</td>
 	<td></td>
-	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar lua -n fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
+	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar lua -n fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 	<td>lua</td>
 	<td>5.1.4</td>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ It is also faster than Java-lua implementations Jill, Kahlua, and Mochalua for a
 From the main distribution directory line type:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar lua examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar lua examples/lua/hello.lua
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ You should see the following output:
 To see how luaj can be used to acccess most Java API's including swing, try:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
 </pre>
 
 <h2>Compile lua source to lua bytecode</h2>
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ To see how luaj can be used to acccess most Java API's including swing, try:
 From the main distribution directory line type:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar luac examples/lua/hello.lua
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar lua luac.out
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar luac examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar lua luac.out
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ Luaj can compile lua sources or binaries directly to java bytecode if the bcel l
 
 <pre>
 	ant bcel-lib
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; luajc -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; luajc -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ but the compiled classes must be in the class path at runtime, unless runtime ji
 <p>
 Lua scripts can also be run directly in this mode without precompiling using the <em>lua</em> command with the <b><em>-b</em></b> option and providing the <em>bcel</em> library in the class path:
 <pre>
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; lua -b examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; lua -b examples/lua/hello.lua
 </pre>
 
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ A simple example may be found in
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar</b> in your class path.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar</b> in your class path.
 
 <h2>Run a script in a MIDlet</h2>
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ A simple example may be found in
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jme-3.0-alpha2.jar</b> in your midlet jar.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jme-3.0-alpha3.jar</b> in your midlet jar.
 
 <p>
 An ant script to build and run the midlet is in
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ The standard use of JSR-223 scripting engines may be used:
 All standard aspects of script engines including compiled statements should be supported.
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar</b> in your class path.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar</b> in your class path.
 
 <p>
 A working example may be found in
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ To compile and run it using Java 1.6 or higher:
 
 <pre>
 	javac examples/jse/ScriptEngineSample.java
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar;examples/jse&quot; ScriptEngineSample
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar;examples/jse&quot; ScriptEngineSample
 </pre>
 
 <h2>Excluding the lua bytecode compiler</h2>
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ The following lua script will open a swing frame on Java SE:
 See a longer sample in <em>examples/lua/swingapp.lua</em> for details, including a simple animation loop, rendering graphics, mouse and key handling, and image loading. 
 Or try running it using: 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha2.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-3.0-alpha3.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
 </pre>
 
 <p>
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index b9b99bf4..7b9d346f 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version: 3.0-alpha2
\ No newline at end of file
+version: 3.0-alpha3
\ No newline at end of file