diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: pins
 Title: Pin, Discover and Share Resources
-Version: 1.2.2.9000
+Version: 1.3.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Julia", "Silge", , "julia.silge@posit.co", role = c("cre", "aut"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-3671-836X")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# pins 1.3.0
+
 # pins (development version to be released as 1.3.0)
 
 ## Breaking changes