diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 921eb56c5f..17ee15fde1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 ## [vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH]
 > yyyy-mm-dd
 
+* Features and Improvements:
+* Fixes
+
+
+## [v1.3.0]
+> 2022-07-05
+
 * Features and Improvements:
   * dataset selection in chemspectra viewer [dataset selection in chemspectra viewer #715](https://github.com/ComPlat/chemotion_ELN/issues/715)
   * Screens:
@@ -19,12 +26,20 @@
     * Add title for readouts and display of multiple readouts in designer and list
     * Add attachments
     * Add import for well data from .xlsx and import template .xlsx
-
+  * Collection Tag for research-plan screen (https://github.com/ComPlat/chemotion_ELN/pull/774)
+  * Chemspectra : Cyclic Voltametry (Warning: upd chem-spectra-app service to 0.10.14)
+ 
 
 * Fixes
   * report: fix the label can't be assigned issue https://github.com/ComPlat/chemotion_ELN/issues/661
   * Reference Style improvement [Reference Style improvement #695](https://github.com/ComPlat/chemotion_ELN/issues/695)
   * Adjust docker setup to work on mac
+  * prevent unecessary building of reaction svg on description text input (https://github.com/ComPlat/chemotion_ELN/issues/759)
+  * elemental composition value with 2 decimals (https://github.com/ComPlat/chemotion_ELN/issues/739)
+  * reference Manager issues (https://github.com/ComPlat/chemotion_ELN/issues/708 https://github.com/ComPlat/chemotion_ELN/issues/756 )
+  * Missing attachment preview in research plan (https://github.com/ComPlat/chemotion_ELN/issues/751)
+
+
 
 
 ## [v1.2.1]
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 40aea7bf65..648bda153b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version: 1.2.0-pre 
-base_revision: 14edc0aa32bf9c40ba7e31d141d9db16b725d181
+version: 1.3.0-pre 
+base_revision: 656685072697780c69693ba6fdbdc9c497c64471
 current_revision: 0
diff --git a/scripts/install_production.sh b/scripts/install_production.sh
index 272d4f168f..b92a803e18 100755
--- a/scripts/install_production.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_production.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 ############# VARIABLES ####################
 
 REPO='https://github.com/ComPlat/chemotion_ELN.git'
-BRANCH='v1.1'
+BRANCH='v1.3'
 TMP_REPO_DIR="/tmp/${BRANCH}.git"
 
 ## user account name (to be created or to be used)
diff --git a/scripts/update_production.sh b/scripts/update_production.sh
index a38434b86d..f611f6aa93 100755
--- a/scripts/update_production.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_production.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 ## CHEMOTION ELN GIT REPOSITORY
 REPO='https://github.com/ComPlat/chemotion_ELN.git'
-BRANCH='v1.1'
+BRANCH='v1.3'
 TMP_REPO_DIR="/tmp/${BRANCH}.git"
 
 ## user account name (to be created or to be used)