diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4f9fa5b70..5eae574b6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
+Oct 28, 2015
+============
+
+Release 1.3.0
+
+This is primarily a bugfix and maintenance release.
+
+- C# / .NET
+  - fix lcm-dotnet Close (closes issue #18)
+- Windows
+  - Add socket window size notes in documentation
+  - Visual Studio build fixes, update to VS2013
+  - Cygwin build fixes
+- C / C++
+  - Reject invalid multicast addresses
+  - Use last fragment timestamp instead of first for message timestamping
+  - binary search bugfix in lcm_eventlog_seek_to_timestamp()
+  - API changes:
+    - add FILE* LogFile::getFilePtr()
+    - void LCM::unbsubscribe() -> int LCM::unsubscribe()
+- Python
+  - Python 3 compatibility bugfixes
+  - setup.py use subprocess instead of deprecated commands package
+  - EventLog.seek() use fseeko() not fseek()
+- lcm-spy
+  - misc bugfixes
+  - fix bitshifting of signed integer types
+- lcm-gen
+  - add --cpp-std option for C++11 support in generated types.
+
+
 Jan 21, 2015
 ============
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c6be859d8..ef9d8e2af 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
-AC_INIT([lcm], 1.2.1)
+AC_INIT([lcm], 1.3.0)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([lcm/lcm.h])
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign tar-ustar])
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dnl  3. If the interface changes consist solely of additions, increment AGE.
 dnl  4. If the interface has removed or changed elements, set AGE to 0.
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 LIBLCM_AGE=3
-LIBLCM_REVISION=3
+LIBLCM_REVISION=4
 LIBLCM_CURRENT=4
 CHART2D_VERSION=3.2.2
 AC_SUBST(LIBLCM_AGE)
diff --git a/lcm-python/setup.py b/lcm-python/setup.py
index 1c3079757..9bb2706b1 100644
--- a/lcm-python/setup.py
+++ b/lcm-python/setup.py
@@ -92,6 +92,6 @@
         libraries=libraries,
         extra_compile_args=extra_compile_args)
 
-setup(name="lcm", version="1.2.1",
+setup(name="lcm", version="1.3.0",
       ext_modules=[pylcm_extension],
       packages=["lcm"])
diff --git a/lcm/lcm.h b/lcm/lcm.h
index 9fcf5400d..061611281 100644
--- a/lcm/lcm.h
+++ b/lcm/lcm.h
@@ -348,10 +348,10 @@ int lcm_subscription_set_queue_capacity(lcm_subscription_t* handler, int num_mes
 #define LCM_MAJOR_VERSION 1
 
 /// LCM release minor version - the Y in version X.Y.Z
-#define LCM_MINOR_VERSION 2
+#define LCM_MINOR_VERSION 3
 
 /// LCM release micro version - the Z in version X.Y.Z
-#define LCM_MICRO_VERSION 1
+#define LCM_MICRO_VERSION 0
 
 /**
  * @}
diff --git a/lcmgen/lcm-gen.1 b/lcmgen/lcm-gen.1
index 9eb3fb635..a08c55ca0 100644
--- a/lcmgen/lcm-gen.1
+++ b/lcmgen/lcm-gen.1
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ Destination directory for generated .hpp files. (default: current directory)
 .TP
 .B \-\-cpp-include \fIDIR\fR
 Generated C++ #include lines reference this directory
+.TP
+.B \-\-cpp-std \fISTD\fR
+Generated files comply with the specified C++ standard. Supported values are:
+c++98, c++11. Default is c++98.
 
 .SH JAVA OPTIONS
 .TP