diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f464962..e7f2f7e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 project(cJSON C)
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 2)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 1)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 3)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(CJSON_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(CJSON_UTILS_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 59751e4..ace075c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ UTILS_TEST_SRC = cJSON.c cJSON_Utils.c test_utils.c
 
 LDLIBS = -lm
 
-LIBVERSION = 1.2.1
+LIBVERSION = 1.3.0
 CJSON_SOVERSION = 1
 UTILS_SOVERSION = 1
 
diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 9bc94ba..c3d1a4e 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const char *cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void)
 }
 
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 2) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 1)
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 3) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 0)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
 #endif
 
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index 6f371f9..e4a7856 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ extern "C"
 
 /* project version */
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 2
-#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 1
+#define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 3
+#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 /* returns the version of cJSON as a string */
 extern const char* cJSON_Version(void);