diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 71811ca..e866be8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+* fuse-overlayfs-1.3
+
+- add squash_to_root mount option.
+- honor option "volatile".
+- when writing mode to xattr, create files with mode 0755.
+- support ID mapping when using xattr permissions.
+- allow opening not accessible but still referenced files.
+- invalidate directory cache on create/rename.
+
+
 * fuse-overlayfs-1.2
 
 - fix segfault if no mountpoint specified
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 041b59b..006cfaa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [1.2.0+dev], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
+AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [1.3], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])