diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/603_bump_version_3.yml b/changelogs/fragments/603_bump_version_3.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6794958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/603_bump_version_3.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+trivial:
+  - Bump version to 3.0.0 for the next release (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/603).
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 01e619c..9a0b34d 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 namespace: ansible
 name: posix
-version: 2.0.0
+version: 3.0.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible (github.com/ansible)