diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4bc3140..0d8e3fc 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.30 2014-02-13
+        - This is a major version (prepared for the IDS meeting on the 17th of february)
+	- Improved stringification for distance queries (margaretha)
+
 0.26.4 2014-02-12
         - Serialize SpanDistanceQueries and SpanMultipleDistanceQueries
           (diewald)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ab633d..cb77ece 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 -->
   <groupId>KorAP-modules</groupId>
   <artifactId>KorAP-lucene-index</artifactId>
-  <version>0.26.4</version>
+  <version>0.30</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>KorAP-lucene-index</name>