diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b0b97bfa..117b9e91 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+20/7/12 started 7.30.0
+- version bump
+
 19/3/12 started 7.29.0
 - sanity-check PNG read geometry
 - nearest-neighbor interpolation rounds coordinates to nearest instead of 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0a889bd9..7b8495d5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # also update the version number in the m4 macros below
 
-AC_INIT([vips], [7.29.0], [vipsip@jiscmail.ac.uk])
+AC_INIT([vips], [7.30.0], [vipsip@jiscmail.ac.uk])
 # required for gobject-introspection
 AC_PREREQ(2.62)
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 # user-visible library versioning
 m4_define([vips_major_version], [7])
-m4_define([vips_minor_version], [29])
+m4_define([vips_minor_version], [30])
 m4_define([vips_micro_version], [0])
 m4_define([vips_version],
           [vips_major_version.vips_minor_version.vips_micro_version])
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ VIPS_VERSION_STRING=$VIPS_VERSION-`date`
 #   binary interface changes not backwards compatible?: reset age to 0
 
 LIBRARY_CURRENT=33
-LIBRARY_REVISION=2
+LIBRARY_REVISION=3
 LIBRARY_AGE=1
 
 # patched into include/vips/version.h
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 59f63b45..ea6c2690 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ bin_SCRIPTS = \
 	batch_image_convert \
 	batch_rubber_sheet \
 	batch_crop \
-	vips-7.29
+	vips-7.30
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
-	vips-7.29 \
+	vips-7.30 \
 	light_correct.in \
 	shrink_width.in \
 	batch_image_convert.in \
diff --git a/tools/vips-7.29 b/tools/vips-7.30
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/vips-7.29
rename to tools/vips-7.30