prepare release 3.0.1
diff --git a/serial/__init__.py b/serial/__init__.py
index ef5fff2..b206333 100644
--- a/serial/__init__.py
+++ b/serial/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# This is a wrapper module for different platform implementations
#
# This file is part of pySerial. https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial
-# (C) 2001-2015 Chris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net>
+# (C) 2001-2016 Chris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net>
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
from serial.serialutil import *
#~ SerialBase, SerialException, to_bytes, iterbytes
-VERSION = '3.0'
+VERSION = '3.0.1'
if sys.platform == 'cli':
from serial.serialcli import Serial