diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3474b03..e621610 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Master
  * Change default blacklisted response to 403 Forbidden (thanks @carpodaster).
+ * Fail gracefully when Redis store is not available; rescue exeption and don't
+   throttle request. (thanks @wkimeria)
 
 ## v2.3.0 - 11 October 2013 (master)
  * Allow throttle `limit` argument to be a proc. (thanks @lunks)
diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/version.rb b/lib/rack/attack/version.rb
index 3b7a47c..8dc08be 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Rack
   module Attack
-    VERSION = '2.3.0'
+    VERSION = '3.0.0'
   end
 end