diff --git a/PyPI_Description.md b/PyPI_Description.md
index 034c9fdc..bb0ebb2f 100644
--- a/PyPI_Description.md
+++ b/PyPI_Description.md
@@ -35,27 +35,11 @@ PyBind11 provides:
 - Memory-safe bindings
 - Clean and Pythonic API, while performance-critical logic remains in robust, maintainable C++.
  
-## What's new in v1.2.0
-
-### Enhancements
-
-- **Connection.closed Property** - Added `Connection.closed` property to check if a connection is closed, improving connection state management.
-
-- **Parameter as Dictionary** - Added support for passing parameters as dictionaries, providing more flexible query parameterization.
-
-- **Copilot Prompts** - Introduced Copilot prompts for AI-assisted development, enhancing developer productivity.
+## What's new in v1.3.0
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
-- **FetchMany with LOB Columns** - Fixed `fetchmany(n)` ignoring batch size when working with LOB (Large Object) columns.
-
-- **Non-ASCII Path Resolution** - Fixed path resolution for files with non-ASCII characters on Windows.
-
-### CI/Infrastructure
-
-- **SQL Server 2025 Test Support** - Added support for testing against SQL Server 2025 across Windows, macOS, and Linux CI pipelines, ensuring driver compatibility with the upcoming SQL Server release.
-
-- **Forked PR Coverage Workflow** - Implemented coverage comment workflow for pull requests from forked repositories, improving the contribution experience for external contributors.
+- **Segmentation Fault Fix** - Fixed segmentation fault in libmsodbcsql-18.5 during SQLFreeHandle() (#415).
  
 For more information, please visit the project link on Github: https://github.com/microsoft/mssql-python
  
diff --git a/mssql_python/__init__.py b/mssql_python/__init__.py
index db2a9864..2bcac47b 100644
--- a/mssql_python/__init__.py
+++ b/mssql_python/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from .helpers import Settings, get_settings, _settings, _settings_lock
 
 # Driver version
-__version__ = "1.2.0"
+__version__ = "1.3.0"
 
 # Exceptions
 # https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/#exceptions
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 32d109bb..f408fc33 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def finalize_options(self):
 
 setup(
     name="mssql-python",
-    version="1.2.0",
+    version="1.3.0",
     description="A Python library for interacting with Microsoft SQL Server",
     long_description=open("PyPI_Description.md", encoding="utf-8").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",