diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e1c875..c43c5cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 This CHANGELOG follows the format listed at [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+## [1.3.0] - 2017-05-08
 ### Fixed
 - Use strict Base64 encoding to fix base64 encoding/netty issue (@msblum)
 
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ This CHANGELOG follows the format listed at [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachang
 ### Added
 - initial release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-elasticsearch/compare/1.2.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-elasticsearch/compare/1.3.0...HEAD
+[1.3.0]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-elasticsearch/compare/1.2.0...1.3.0
 [1.2.0]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-elasticsearch/compare/1.1.3...1.2.0
 [1.1.3]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-elasticsearch/compare/1.1.2...1.1.3
 [1.1.2]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-elasticsearch/compare/1.1.1...1.1.2
diff --git a/lib/sensu-plugins-elasticsearch/version.rb b/lib/sensu-plugins-elasticsearch/version.rb
index a376ebf..b14a053 100644
--- a/lib/sensu-plugins-elasticsearch/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sensu-plugins-elasticsearch/version.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module SensuPluginsElasticsearch
   module Version
     MAJOR = 1
-    MINOR = 2
+    MINOR = 3
     PATCH = 0
 
     VER_STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH].compact.join('.')