diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 901c8fc..db449bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Set up selenium and Firefox for running selenium tests.
 #### Variables
 
 * `selenium_install_dir`: [default: `/opt`] Install directory
-* `selenium_version`: [default: `2.53.0`] Install version
+* `selenium_version`: [default: `3.0.1`] Install version
 * `selenium_install_firefox`: [default: `no`] Whether to install FireFox
 * `selenium_install_chrome`: [default: `yes`] Whether to install Google Chrome
 
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 9cd8d1c..9c21b27 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for selenium
 selenium_install_dir: /opt
-selenium_version: "2.53.0"
+selenium_version: "3.0.1"
 selenium_install_firefox: no
 selenium_install_chrome: yes
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index a430a73..dac8c80 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   get_url:
     url: "http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/{{ selenium_version | regex_replace('\\.[0-9]+$', '') }}/selenium-server-standalone-{{ selenium_version }}.jar"
     dest: "{{ selenium_install_dir }}/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-{{ selenium_version }}.jar"
+  notify: restart selenium
   tags: [configuration, selenium, selenium-download]
 
 - name: Install FireFox (if configured)