diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bef5ecb3b559..f3d36726b095 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ project(HPX CXX C)
 set(HPX_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(HPX_VERSION_MINOR 3)
 set(HPX_VERSION_SUBMINOR 0)
-set(HPX_VERSION_DATE 20190522)
-set(HPX_VERSION_TAG "-rc3")
+set(HPX_VERSION_DATE 20190523)
+set(HPX_VERSION_TAG "")
 
 set(HPX_VERSION "${HPX_VERSION_MAJOR}.${HPX_VERSION_MINOR}.${HPX_VERSION_SUBMINOR}")
 set(HPX_LIBRARY_VERSION "${HPX_VERSION}")
diff --git a/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt b/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt
index 36d4343438a4..011b4e7ced17 100644
--- a/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt
+++ b/cmake/packaging/rpm/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Wed May 23 2018 STE||AR Group <contact@stellar-group.org> 1.3.0-1
+- HPX Release 1.3.0 (https://stellar-group.github.io/hpx/docs/sphinx/tags/1.3.0/html/releases/whats_new_1_3_0.html)
+
 * Wed Feb 19 2018 STE||AR Group <contact@stellar-group.org> 1.2.1-1
 - HPX Release 1.2.1 (https://stellar-group.github.io/hpx/docs/sphinx/tags/1.2.1/html/releases/whats_new_1_2_1.html)
 
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/quickstart.rst b/docs/sphinx/quickstart.rst
index 5463c734e2aa..bd71684532c6 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/quickstart.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ It is also recommended that you check out the latest stable tag:
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-    git checkout 1.2.1
+    git checkout 1.3.0
 
 |hpx| dependencies
 ==================
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_3_0.rst b/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_3_0.rst
index 6960bad9c2e3..ea4f8750adc0 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_3_0.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/releases/whats_new_1_3_0.rst
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 .. _hpx_1_3_0:
 
-=========================
-|hpx| V1.3.0 (unreleased)
-=========================
+===========================
+|hpx| V1.3.0 (May 23, 2019)
+===========================
 
 General changes
 ===============