diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6d436df..ca2f5920 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.3.0] - 2021-10-04
+
 ### Added
 
 - **\[Python/C++\]** Indexing directly on Points object in C++/python, including slicing support in python
@@ -55,5 +57,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `Copc` class
 
 [1.1.0]: https://github.com/RockRobotic/copc-lib/compare/v1.0...v1.1.0
+[1.3.0]: https://github.com/RockRobotic/copc-lib/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0
 [1.2.0]: https://github.com/RockRobotic/copc-lib/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0
 [unreleased]: https://github.com/RockRobotic/copc-lib/compare/v1.2.0...HEAD
+
+
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/RockRobotic/copc-lib/compare/v1.3.0...HEAD
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ae984abe..1074ab3d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 # ref https://github.com/robotology/how-to-export-cpp-library/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt
 project(COPCLIB
         LANGUAGES CXX C
-        VERSION 1.2.0)
+        VERSION 1.3.0)
 
 # Defines the CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR, CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR and many other useful macros.
 # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/GNUInstallDirs.html
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cb39074d..b2aa5467 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
 # logic and declaration, and simpler if you include description/version in a file.
 setup(
     name="copclib",
-    version="1.2.0",
+    version="1.3.0",
     author="Rock Robotic Inc.",
     author_email="support@rockrobotic.com",
     description="A python interface to Cloud-Optimized Point Clouds (COPC)",