diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1084c6e1d..c1adb26e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changes and additions to the library will be listed here.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.3.0
+
 - Support custom assignment strategy (#846).
 - Improved Exceptions in TransactionManager (#862).
 
diff --git a/lib/kafka/version.rb b/lib/kafka/version.rb
index 22636a095..523fd37e0 100644
--- a/lib/kafka/version.rb
+++ b/lib/kafka/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Kafka
-  VERSION = "1.2.0"
+  VERSION = "1.3.0"
 end