diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
index 06bb52837b..e42162d0d4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ function update_core($from, $to) {
 	$mysql_version  = $wpdb->db_version();
 	$required_php_version = '4.3';
 	$required_mysql_version = '4.1.2';
-	$wp_version = '2.9.1';
+	$wp_version = '3.0';
 	$php_compat     = version_compare( $php_version, $required_php_version, '>=' );
 	$mysql_compat   = version_compare( $mysql_version, $required_mysql_version, '>=' ) || file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/db.php' );