diff --git a/pygal/__init__.py b/pygal/__init__.py
index e8fa761..aefffcf 100644
--- a/pygal/__init__.py
+++ b/pygal/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Pygal -  A python svg graph plotting library
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.2.3'
+__version__ = '1.3.0'
 import sys
 from pygal.config import Config
 from pygal.ghost import Ghost