diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0495d6ec..57fc8098 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: xml2
 Title: Parse XML
-Version: 1.2.5.9000
+Version: 1.3.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Hadley",
              family = "Wickham",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 782dcc87..c299d0f8 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# xml2 (development version)
+# xml2 1.3.0
 
 * Removes the Rcpp dependency