diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dc301dfb1..b23f49e80 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
 project (zoneminder)
-set(zoneminder_VERSION "1.29.1")
+set(zoneminder_VERSION "1.30.0")
 # make API version a minor of ZM version
 set(zoneminder_API_VERSION "${zoneminder_VERSION}.1")
 
diff --git a/db/zm_update-1.30.0.sql b/db/zm_update-1.30.0.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..959f899a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/zm_update-1.30.0.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+--
+-- This updates a 1.29.1 database to 1.30.0
+--
+-- No changes required
+--