diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 2b4d1b4..ff35dbb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This document describes changes between past releases. For information about
 future releases, check `milestones`_ and :doc:`/about/vision`.
 
 
-1.3 (unreleased)
+1.3 (2013-11-08)
 ----------------
 
 Big refactoring around middleware configuration, API readability and
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4683f3c..7e32cd5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.3dev
+1.3