diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index f750028dceee378ea1aa07f4891d28f1475ca025..fc0f4658dfcfd4f46cbeb73da17364ab50755e3b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 Changelog
 ^^^^^^^^^
 
+0.3.0 (2016-12-14)
+------------------
+* Updates for Kinetic release.
+
 0.2.4 (2015-06-03)
 ------------------
 * bugfix environment hooks for workspaces with spaces.
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index cdbfc9365ba659adae8de41d488aa522869f662d..811a7a229efecc620ee2682849ce95e1fccaf969 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <package>
   <name>rosjava_build_tools</name>
-  <version>0.2.4</version>
+  <version>0.3.0</version>
   <description>
-    Simple tools and catkin modules for rosjava development. 
+    Simple tools and catkin modules for rosjava development.
   </description>
   <maintainer email="d.stonier@gmail.com">Daniel Stonier</maintainer>
   <license>BSD</license>
diff --git a/src/rosjava_build_tools/release.py b/src/rosjava_build_tools/release.py
index d6ccba6a55b94cc3aeab160d377c8eb431fe7ac2..8b4435cd4b411b0ff6f7f0cb6581ce13bc1d10d6 100644
--- a/src/rosjava_build_tools/release.py
+++ b/src/rosjava_build_tools/release.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from . import catkin
 def scrape_for_release_message_packages(track):
     url = rosdistro.get_index_url()
     index = rosdistro.get_index(url)
-    cache = rosdistro.get_release_cache(index, 'indigo')
+    cache = rosdistro.get_release_cache(index, 'kinetic')
     packages = []
     for package_name, package_string in cache.package_xmls.iteritems():
         package = catkin_pkg.package.parse_package_string(package_string)
diff --git a/src/rosjava_build_tools/templates/android_package/build.gradle.in b/src/rosjava_build_tools/templates/android_package/build.gradle.in
index a7d6e513bf78b4cad7ad123a25eae876926dae00..951a6d4c79d0be14ee9aae8000ec1cdf45d4cd90 100644
--- a/src/rosjava_build_tools/templates/android_package/build.gradle.in
+++ b/src/rosjava_build_tools/templates/android_package/build.gradle.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
 }
 
 buildscript {
-    apply from: "https://github.com/rosjava/android_core/raw/indigo/buildscript.gradle"
+    apply from: "https://github.com/rosjava/android_core/raw/kinetic/buildscript.gradle"
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'catkin'
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ subprojects {
      *
      * To modify, or add repos to the default external maven repositories list, pull request against this code:
      *
-     *   https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/blob/indigo/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosPlugin.groovy#L31
+     *   https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/blob/kinetic/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosPlugin.groovy#L31
      *
      * To modify the build tools version, pull request against this code:
      *
-     *   https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/blob/indigo/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosAndroid.groovy#L14
+     *   https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/blob/kinetic/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosAndroid.groovy#L14
      */
     apply plugin: 'ros-android'
 
diff --git a/src/rosjava_build_tools/templates/rosjava_package/build.gradle.in b/src/rosjava_build_tools/templates/rosjava_package/build.gradle.in
index 63456295454dadac20f2c8754e17d861e10d846a..9e3a6d85b8018d9112e180fa0a2f9ce6f7310fbb 100644
--- a/src/rosjava_build_tools/templates/rosjava_package/build.gradle.in
+++ b/src/rosjava_build_tools/templates/rosjava_package/build.gradle.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
 }
 
 buildscript {
-  apply from: "https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/raw/indigo/buildscript.gradle"
+  apply from: "https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/raw/kinetic/buildscript.gradle"
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'catkin'
@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ allprojects {
 }
 
 subprojects {
-    /* 
+    /*
      * The ros plugin configures a few things:
-     * 
+     *
      *  - local deployment repository : where it dumps the jars and packaged artifacts)
      *  - local maven repositories    : where it finds your locally installed/built artifacts) 
      *  - external maven repositories : where it goes looking if it can't find dependencies locally
-     * 
+     *
      * To modify, or add repos to the default external maven repositories list, pull request against this code:
-     * 
-     *   https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/blob/indigo/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosPlugin.groovy#L31
+     *
+     *   https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_bootstrap/blob/kinetic/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/RosPlugin.groovy#L31
      */
     apply plugin: "ros-java"
     /*