diff --git a/av_velodyne_launch/CHANGELOG.rst b/av_velodyne_launch/CHANGELOG.rst
index e7a90e0..824fd19 100644
--- a/av_velodyne_launch/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/av_velodyne_launch/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog for package av_velodyne_launch
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+1.3.0 (2024-10-17)
+------------------
 * Setting timestamp_first_packet to match Ouster
 * Update changelog
 * Add ros_time argument to set GPS/PPS time synch
diff --git a/av_velodyne_launch/package.xml b/av_velodyne_launch/package.xml
index 133d367..4f30a85 100644
--- a/av_velodyne_launch/package.xml
+++ b/av_velodyne_launch/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
   <name>av_velodyne_launch</name>
-  <version>1.2.0</version>
+  <version>1.3.0</version>
   <description>AV velodyne config and launch</description>
   <maintainer email="alex.bordallo@ed.ac.uk">Alejandro Bordallo</maintainer>
   <maintainer email="hcruzgo@ed.ac.uk">Hector Cruz</maintainer>