diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dbb22d5..b134fad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [1.3.0](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/tree/1.3.0) (2020-05-03)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/compare/1.2.1...1.3.0)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+- [\#483](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/483)/[\#489](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/489) allow passing a `signature` argument to constructors, to force selection of the desired one
+- [\#497](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/497)/[\#506](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/506)/[\#507](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/507) support for more "dunder" methods/protocols on compatible interfaces than just `__len__`, and allow users to provide their own.
+- [\#500](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/500)[\#522](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/522) allow ignoring private methods and fields in autoclass (both default to False)
+- [\#503](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/503) auto detect java_home on OSX, using `/usr/libexec/java_home` (if JAVA_HOME is not declared)
+- [\#514](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/514) writing to static fields (and fix reading from them)
+- [\#517](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/517) make signature exceptions more useful
+- [\#502](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/502) provide a stacktrace for where JVM was started.
+- [\#523](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/523) expose the class's class attribute
+- [\#524](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/524) fix handling of Java chars > 256 in Python3
+- [\#519](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/519) Always show the exception name
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+- [\#481](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/481) wrong use of strip on JRE path
+- [\#465](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/465) correct reflection to avoid missing any methods from parent classes or interfaces
+- [\#508](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/508) don't had error details with a custom exception when java class is not found
+- [\#510](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/510) add missing references to .pxi files in setup.py, speeding up recompilation
+- [\#518](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/518) ensure autoclass prefers methods over properties
+- [\#520](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/520) improved discovery of libjvm.so + provide a workaround if it doesn't work
+
+**Documentation**
+- [\#478](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/478) document automatic Thread detach feature
+- [\#512](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/512) document the requirement to keep reference to object/functions passed to java, for as long as it might use them
+- [\#521](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/pull/521) fix inheritance in example
+
+
 ## [1.2.1](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/tree/1.2.1) (2019-12-04)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/compare/1.2.0...1.2.1)
 
diff --git a/jnius/__init__.py b/jnius/__init__.py
index 94cdc04..55d1d38 100644
--- a/jnius/__init__.py
+++ b/jnius/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Accessing Java classes from Python.
 All the documentation is available at: http://pyjnius.readthedocs.org
 '''
 
-__version__ = '1.2.2-dev0'
+__version__ = '1.3.0'
 
 from .env import get_jnius_lib_location, get_jdk_home