diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8f8126c58..d1a3dfbd5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jsonrpc==1.2
 jsonrpclib==0.1.7
 jsonschema==2.5.1
 git+https://github.com/lbryio/lbryschema.git@v0.0.7#egg=lbryschema
-git+https://github.com/lbryio/lbryum.git@v2.8.4#egg=lbryum
+git+https://github.com/lbryio/lbryum.git@v3.0.0#egg=lbryum
 miniupnpc==1.9
 pbkdf2==1.3
 pycrypto==2.6.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b1c96323e..8bed1bfb0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ requires = [
     'envparse',
     'jsonrpc',
     'jsonschema',
-    'lbryum==2.8.4',
+    'lbryum==3.0.0',
     'lbryschema==0.0.7',
     'miniupnpc',
     'pycrypto',