diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 211d68d..2df6a8d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Added
+### Changed
+
+## 1.3.0
+### Added
 - allow to ignore errors when updating resources fails
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/kubernetes-deployment-restart-controller.go b/kubernetes-deployment-restart-controller.go
index ee9afc0..f202ab4 100644
--- a/kubernetes-deployment-restart-controller.go
+++ b/kubernetes-deployment-restart-controller.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var options struct {
 }
 
 // VERSION represents the current version of the release.
-const VERSION = "v1.2.2"
+const VERSION = "v1.3.0"
 
 func main() {
 	util.ParseArgs(&options)