diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23fdcb2..1302645 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ All notable changes to **sdata** are documented here. The format is based on
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.3.0] - 2026-06-29
+
 A large, strictly **additive** increment: a content/integrity foundation under all
 data containers (`Blob`), a much broader `DataFrame` serialization portfolio, and
 native, format-agnostic metadata embedding for images. Core dependencies remain
@@ -65,5 +67,6 @@ native, format-agnostic metadata embedding for images. Core dependencies remain
   dependencies reduced to `numpy`/`pandas`/`suuid` (stdlib `zoneinfo`); warning-free
   test suite.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/lepy/sdata/compare/v1.2.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/lepy/sdata/compare/v1.3.0...HEAD
+[1.3.0]: https://github.com/lepy/sdata/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0
 [1.2.0]: https://github.com/lepy/sdata/releases/tag/v1.2.0
diff --git a/sdata/__init__.py b/sdata/__init__.py
index 5401429..bde65ea 100644
--- a/sdata/__init__.py
+++ b/sdata/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*-coding: utf-8-*-
 from __future__ import division
 
-__version__ = '1.2.0'
+__version__ = '1.3.0'
 __revision__ = None
 __version_info__ = tuple([int(num) for num in __version__.split('.')])