diff --git a/notes/pages/CHANGELOG.md b/notes/pages/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d81cc7e5..82f97acf1 100644
--- a/notes/pages/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/notes/pages/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Version 1.3.0 - dev
+## Version 1.3.0 - 2024-05-01
 id:: 65e30c28-021e-4c24-ab6e-a9e9fa7c6a51
 	- ((65ed4f6c-edc8-4390-880c-c604a3fa5ec0))
 	- moved static setup data from `setup.py` to `pyproject.toml`
diff --git a/src/ezdxf/version.py b/src/ezdxf/version.py
index 87908f015..2edf7dbdc 100644
--- a/src/ezdxf/version.py
+++ b/src/ezdxf/version.py
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
 #   1. bug fix release beta0: VERSION = "0.9.1b0"; version = (0, 9, 1, 'b0')
 #   2. bug fix release: VERSION = "0.9.2"; version = (0, 9, 2, 'release')
 
-version = (1, 3, 0, "rc0")
-__version__ = "1.3.0rc0"
+version = (1, 3, 0, "release")
+__version__ = "1.3.0"