diff --git a/loutilities/version.py b/loutilities/version.py
index 404e7d7..643ffe2 100644
--- a/loutilities/version.py
+++ b/loutilities/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # this string is used for the version string in the documentation, as well as the egg
-__version__ = '3.2.4.dev2'
+__version__ = '3.3.0'