diff --git a/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml b/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
index e7d45ae76..c09fe02a2 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-prometheus_version: 3.0.0
+prometheus_version: 3.0.1
 prometheus_binary_url: "https://github.com/{{ _prometheus_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ prometheus_version }}/\
                         prometheus-{{ prometheus_version }}.{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ _prometheus_go_ansible_arch }}.tar.gz"
 prometheus_checksums_url: "https://github.com/{{ _prometheus_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ prometheus_version }}/sha256sums.txt"
diff --git a/roles/prometheus/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/prometheus/meta/argument_specs.yml
index e9522e59e..086211bda 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/prometheus/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ argument_specs:
         description:
           - "Prometheus package version. Also accepts C(latest) as parameter."
           - "Prometheus >= 2.x is supported"
-        default: "3.0.0"
+        default: "3.0.1"
       prometheus_binary_url:
         description: "URL of the prometheus binaries .tar.gz file"
         default: "https://github.com/{{ _prometheus_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ prometheus_version }}/prometheus-{{ prometheus_version }}.{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ _prometheus_go_ansible_arch }}.tar.gz"