diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 9645c44..3bdd31a 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,26 +1,32 @@
 # RELEASE NOTES
 
-04 June 2018 - Apache NimBLE v1.0.0
+18 March 2020 - Apache NimBLE v1.3.0
 
 For full release notes, please visit the
 [Apache Mynewt Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MYNEWT/Release+Notes).
 
-Apache NimBLE is an open-source Bluetooth 5.0 stack (both Host & Controller) that completely
+Apache NimBLE is an open-source Bluetooth 5.1 stack (both Host & Controller) that completely
 replaces the proprietary SoftDevice on Nordic chipsets.
 
 New features in this version of NimBLE include:
 
-* Initial version after moving to separate repo - https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble
-* removal of deprecated bletiny application (superseded by btshell)
-* Added NimBLE Porting Layer (NPL) which abstracts OS specific details to improve portability
-* Initial ports for FreeRTOS and RIOT OS
-* Support for advertising up to 1650 bytes of data with Extended Advertising
-* Support for host flow control
-* Support for Direct Test Mode (DTM) via HCI interface
-* Support for Device Information Service
-* Bugfixes for issues found on UPF59 and during BT certification testing
-* Lots of other bugfixes, minor enhancements and optimisations
-* Mesh improvements
+* Support for Bluetooth Core Specification 5.1
+* New blestress test application
+* Dialog DA1469x CMAC driver
+* Support for LE Secure Connections out-of-band (OOB) association model
+* Support for automated generation of syscfg for ports
+* Qualification related bugfixes
+* BLE Mesh improvements - fixes and resync with latest Zephyr code
+* RIOT OS port fixes and improvements
+* btshell sample application improvements
+* improvements for bttester application
+* Controller duplicates filtering improvements
+* Multi PHY support improvements
+* Memory and CPU usage optimizations
+* Use of packed structs for HCI (code size reduction)
+* Linux sample improvements
+* PTS test instructions updates
+* Clock managements improvements in controller
 
 If working on next-generation RTOS and Bluetooth protocol stack
 sounds exciting to you, get in touch, by sending a mail to the Apache Mynewt
diff --git a/repository.yml b/repository.yml
index fa9357a..4a097d3 100644
--- a/repository.yml
+++ b/repository.yml
@@ -22,16 +22,18 @@
     "0.0.0": "master"
 
     "0-dev": "0.0.0"
-    "0-latest": "1.2.0"
-    "1-latest": "1.2.0"
+    "0-latest": "1.3.0"
+    "1-latest": "1.3.0"
 
     "1.0.0": "nimble_1_0_0_tag"
     "1.1.0": "nimble_1_1_0_tag"
     "1.2.0": "nimble_1_2_0_tag"
+    "1.3.0": "nimble_1_3_0_tag"
 
     "1.0-latest": "1.0.0"
     "1.1-latest": "1.1.0"
     "1.2-latest": "1.2.0"
+    "1.3-latest": "1.3.0"
 
 repo.newt_compatibility:
     0.0.0:
@@ -42,3 +44,5 @@
         1.6.0: good
     1.2.0:
         1.7.0: good
+    1.3.0:
+        1.8.0: good
diff --git a/version.yml b/version.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 13e5152..0000000
--- a/version.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-
-# Newt uses this file to determine the version of a checked out repo.
-# This should always be 0.0.0 in the master branch.
-repo.version: 0.0.0