diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 41a4c396..ff73c13e 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/tylerb/graceful"
 
-	"github.com/coreos/clair/api/v2"
+	"github.com/coreos/clair/api/v3"
 	"github.com/coreos/clair/database"
 	"github.com/coreos/clair/pkg/stopper"
 )
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func RunV2(cfg *Config, store database.Datastore) {
 	if tlsConfig != nil {
 		log.Info("main API configured with client certificate authentication")
 	}
-	v2.Run(cfg.GrpcPort, tlsConfig, cfg.CertFile, cfg.KeyFile, store)
+	v3.Run(cfg.GrpcPort, tlsConfig, cfg.CertFile, cfg.KeyFile, store)
 }
 
 func RunHealth(cfg *Config, store database.Datastore, st *stopper.Stopper) {
diff --git a/api/v2/clairpb/Makefile b/api/v3/clairpb/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from api/v2/clairpb/Makefile
rename to api/v3/clairpb/Makefile
diff --git a/api/v2/clairpb/clair.pb.go b/api/v3/clairpb/clair.pb.go
similarity index 100%
rename from api/v2/clairpb/clair.pb.go
rename to api/v3/clairpb/clair.pb.go
diff --git a/api/v2/clairpb/clair.pb.gw.go b/api/v3/clairpb/clair.pb.gw.go
similarity index 100%
rename from api/v2/clairpb/clair.pb.gw.go
rename to api/v3/clairpb/clair.pb.gw.go
diff --git a/api/v2/clairpb/clair.proto b/api/v3/clairpb/clair.proto
similarity index 100%
rename from api/v2/clairpb/clair.proto
rename to api/v3/clairpb/clair.proto
diff --git a/api/v2/clairpb/clair.swagger.json b/api/v3/clairpb/clair.swagger.json
similarity index 100%
rename from api/v2/clairpb/clair.swagger.json
rename to api/v3/clairpb/clair.swagger.json
diff --git a/api/v2/clairpb/convert.go b/api/v3/clairpb/convert.go
similarity index 100%
rename from api/v2/clairpb/convert.go
rename to api/v3/clairpb/convert.go
diff --git a/api/v2/rpc.go b/api/v3/rpc.go
similarity index 99%
rename from api/v2/rpc.go
rename to api/v3/rpc.go
index 9225a8fe..109bf17a 100644
--- a/api/v2/rpc.go
+++ b/api/v3/rpc.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package v2
+package v3
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/clair"
-	pb "github.com/coreos/clair/api/v2/clairpb"
+	pb "github.com/coreos/clair/api/v3/clairpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/clair/database"
 	"github.com/coreos/clair/pkg/commonerr"
 )
diff --git a/api/v2/server.go b/api/v3/server.go
similarity index 98%
rename from api/v2/server.go
rename to api/v3/server.go
index 95b74330..e9267eb0 100644
--- a/api/v2/server.go
+++ b/api/v3/server.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package v2
+package v3
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 
-	pb "github.com/coreos/clair/api/v2/clairpb"
+	pb "github.com/coreos/clair/api/v3/clairpb"
 	"github.com/coreos/clair/database"
 )
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func handleShutdown(err error) {
 
 var (
 	promResponseDurationMilliseconds = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-		Name:    "clair_v2_api_response_duration_milliseconds",
+		Name:    "clair_v3_api_response_duration_milliseconds",
 		Help:    "The duration of time it takes to receive and write a response to an V2 API request",
 		Buckets: prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(9.375, 2, 10),
 	}, []string{"route", "code"})
diff --git a/config.example.yaml b/config.example.yaml
index c45833c3..63714bab 100644
--- a/config.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ clair:
       paginationkey: 
 
   api:
-    # v2 grpc/RESTful API server port
+    # v3 grpc/RESTful API server port
     grpcport : 6060
 
     # Health server port