diff --git a/pdfplumber/__init__.py b/pdfplumber/__init__.py
index 9297b55..67418e2 100644
--- a/pdfplumber/__init__.py
+++ b/pdfplumber/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import pdfminer.pdftypes
 pdfminer.pdftypes.STRICT = False
 pdfminer.pdfinterp.STRICT = False
 
-VERSION_TUPLE = (0, 2, 0)
+VERSION_TUPLE = (0, 3, 0)
 VERSION = ".".join(map(str, VERSION_TUPLE))
 
 def load(file_or_buffer, **kwargs):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4859849..79bc297 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import sys, os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import subprocess
 
+version = __import__("pdfplumber").VERSION
+
 base_reqs = [
     "chardet",
     "pycrypto",
@@ -11,8 +13,8 @@ base_reqs = [
 
 setup(
     name="pdfplumber",
-    description="Plumb a PDF for detailed information about each char, rectangle, line, etc.",
-    version="0.2.0",
+    description="Plumb a PDF for detailed information about each char, rectangle, and line — and easily extract text and tables.",
+    version=version,
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["test",]),
     tests_require=[ "nose", "pandas" ] + base_reqs,
     install_requires=base_reqs,