diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 005de334f..c5b0f35cd 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.3.0
+current_version = 3.0.0
 commit = True
 message = Release version {new_version} [skip ci]
 
diff --git a/IBMWatsonAssistantV1.podspec b/IBMWatsonAssistantV1.podspec
index 04ce72061..cd245641a 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonAssistantV1.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonAssistantV1.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonAssistantV1'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Assistant service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 With the IBM Watson™ Assistant service, you can build a solution that understands
diff --git a/IBMWatsonAssistantV2.podspec b/IBMWatsonAssistantV2.podspec
index 7516a7a38..e2d041c94 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonAssistantV2.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonAssistantV2.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonAssistantV2'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Assistant service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 With the IBM Watson™ Assistant service, you can build a solution that understands
diff --git a/IBMWatsonCompareComplyV1.podspec b/IBMWatsonCompareComplyV1.podspec
index 4d3c40a46..be593bc91 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonCompareComplyV1.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonCompareComplyV1.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonCompareComplyV1'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Compare & Comply service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 IBM Watson™ Compare and Comply analyzes governing documents to provide details about critical aspects of the documents.
diff --git a/IBMWatsonDiscoveryV1.podspec b/IBMWatsonDiscoveryV1.podspec
index ec3da55f9..d77a2fcf9 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonDiscoveryV1.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonDiscoveryV1.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonDiscoveryV1'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Discovery service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 IBM Watson™ Discovery makes it possible to rapidly build cognitive, cloud-based exploration applications
diff --git a/IBMWatsonLanguageTranslatorV3.podspec b/IBMWatsonLanguageTranslatorV3.podspec
index 410886a54..033e3618a 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonLanguageTranslatorV3.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonLanguageTranslatorV3.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonLanguageTranslatorV3'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Language Translator service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 IBM Watson™ Language Translator can identify the language of text and translate it into different languages programmatically.
diff --git a/IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageClassifierV1.podspec b/IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageClassifierV1.podspec
index 66b197844..405279c21 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageClassifierV1.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageClassifierV1.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageClassifierV1'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Natural Language Classifier service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 Natural Language Classifier can help your application understand the language of short texts and
diff --git a/IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageUnderstandingV1.podspec b/IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageUnderstandingV1.podspec
index db2c6475f..5c9a52753 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageUnderstandingV1.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageUnderstandingV1.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageUnderstandingV1'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 IBM Watson™ Natural Language Understanding can analyze semantic features of text input,
diff --git a/IBMWatsonPersonalityInsightsV3.podspec b/IBMWatsonPersonalityInsightsV3.podspec
index b9220eff6..f1fad1bf0 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonPersonalityInsightsV3.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonPersonalityInsightsV3.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonPersonalityInsightsV3'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Personality Insights service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 IBM Watson™ Personality Insights uses linguistic analytics to infer individuals' intrinsic personality characteristics
diff --git a/IBMWatsonSpeechToTextV1.podspec b/IBMWatsonSpeechToTextV1.podspec
index 58c1b89dc..3970b63cf 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonSpeechToTextV1.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonSpeechToTextV1.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonSpeechToTextV1'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Speech to Text service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 The IBM® Speech to Text leverages machine intelligence to transcribe the human voice accurately.
diff --git a/IBMWatsonTextToSpeechV1.podspec b/IBMWatsonTextToSpeechV1.podspec
index 73de8f3ec..141ffd00f 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonTextToSpeechV1.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonTextToSpeechV1.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonTextToSpeechV1'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Text to Speech service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 IBM® Text to Speech uses IBM's speech-synthesis capabilities to convert written text to natural-sounding speech.
diff --git a/IBMWatsonToneAnalyzerV3.podspec b/IBMWatsonToneAnalyzerV3.podspec
index 2b4b44df0..24650e7b9 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonToneAnalyzerV3.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonToneAnalyzerV3.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonToneAnalyzerV3'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Tone Analyzer service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 IBM Watson™ Tone Analyzer uses linguistic analysis to detect emotional and language tones in written text.
diff --git a/IBMWatsonVisualRecognitionV3.podspec b/IBMWatsonVisualRecognitionV3.podspec
index 9b4cea71b..ea8e1f3c9 100644
--- a/IBMWatsonVisualRecognitionV3.podspec
+++ b/IBMWatsonVisualRecognitionV3.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.name                  = 'IBMWatsonVisualRecognitionV3'
-  s.version               = '2.3.0'
+  s.version               = '3.0.0'
   s.summary               = 'Client framework for the IBM Watson Visual Recognition service'
   s.description           = <<-DESC
 IBM Watson™ Visual Recognition uses deep learning algorithms to analyze images for
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8fc5faca8..a38a49d13 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -122,18 +122,18 @@ If your project does not yet have a Podfile, use the `pod init` command in the r
 use_frameworks!
 
 target 'MyApp' do
-    pod 'IBMWatsonAssistantV1', '~> 2.3.0'
-    pod 'IBMWatsonAssistantV2', '~> 2.3.0'
-    pod 'IBMWatsonCompareComplyV1', '~> 2.3.0'
-    pod 'IBMWatsonDiscoveryV1', '~> 2.3.0'
-    pod 'IBMWatsonLanguageTranslatorV3', '~> 2.3.0'
-    pod 'IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageClassifierV1', '~> 2.3.0'
-    pod 'IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageUnderstandingV1', '~> 2.3.0'
-    pod 'IBMWatsonPersonalityInsightsV3', '~> 2.3.0'
-    pod 'IBMWatsonSpeechToTextV1', '~> 2.3.0'
-    pod 'IBMWatsonTextToSpeechV1', '~> 2.3.0'
-    pod 'IBMWatsonToneAnalyzerV3', '~> 2.3.0'
-    pod 'IBMWatsonVisualRecognitionV3', '~> 2.3.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonAssistantV1', '~> 3.0.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonAssistantV2', '~> 3.0.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonCompareComplyV1', '~> 3.0.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonDiscoveryV1', '~> 3.0.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonLanguageTranslatorV3', '~> 3.0.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageClassifierV1', '~> 3.0.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonNaturalLanguageUnderstandingV1', '~> 3.0.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonPersonalityInsightsV3', '~> 3.0.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonSpeechToTextV1', '~> 3.0.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonTextToSpeechV1', '~> 3.0.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonToneAnalyzerV3', '~> 3.0.0'
+    pod 'IBMWatsonVisualRecognitionV3', '~> 3.0.0'
 end
 ```
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ $ brew install carthage
 If your project does not have a Cartfile yet, use the `touch Cartfile` command in the root directory of your project. To install the IBM Watson Swift SDK using Carthage, add the following to your Cartfile.
 
 ```
-github "watson-developer-cloud/swift-sdk" ~> 2.3.0
+github "watson-developer-cloud/swift-sdk" ~> 3.0.0
 ```
 
 Then run the following command to build the dependencies and frameworks:
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Add the following to your `Package.swift` file to identify the IBM Watson Swift
 
 ```swift
 dependencies: [
-    .package(url: "https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/swift-sdk", from: "2.3.0")
+    .package(url: "https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/swift-sdk", from: "3.0.0")
 ]
 ```
 
diff --git a/Source/SupportingFiles/Shared.swift b/Source/SupportingFiles/Shared.swift
index 53a8e2235..cb93383a2 100644
--- a/Source/SupportingFiles/Shared.swift
+++ b/Source/SupportingFiles/Shared.swift
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ internal struct Shared {
         static let icpPrefix = "icp-"
     }
 
-    static let sdkVersion = "2.3.0"
+    static let sdkVersion = "3.0.0"
 
     /// The "User-Agent" header to be sent with every RestRequest
     static let userAgent: String? = {