CB-11832 Updated version and RELEASENOTES.md for release 1.3.0
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
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 # Release Notes
 
+### 1.3.0 (Sep 08, 2016)
+* [CB-11795](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11795) Add 'protective' entry to cordovaDependencies
+* Updated installation section
+* Plugin uses `Android Log class` and not `Cordova LOG class`
+* Add pull request template.
+* [CB-10866](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-10866) Adding engine info to `package.json`
+* [CB-10996](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-10996) Adding front matter to README.md
+
 ### 1.2.2 (Apr 15, 2016)
 * add note about redirects
-* CB-10624 remove error message from `whitelist.js`, which leaves it empty
+* [CB-10624](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-10624) remove error message from `whitelist.js`, which leaves it empty
 
 ### 1.2.1 (Jan 15, 2016)
-* CB-10194 info tag prints for ios when not applicable
+* [CB-10194](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-10194) info tag prints for ios when not applicable
 
 ### 1.2.0 (Nov 18, 2015)
 * removed **iOS** engine check from `plugin.xml`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova-plugin-whitelist",
-  "version": "1.2.3-dev",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "description": "Cordova Whitelist Plugin",
   "cordova": {
     "platforms": [
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
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 <plugin xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0"
            id="cordova-plugin-whitelist"
-      version="1.2.3-dev">
+      version="1.3.0">
     <name>Whitelist</name>
     <description>Cordova Network Whitelist Plugin</description>
     <license>Apache 2.0</license>