diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 6c3014c..d3d3bb3 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
 History
 -------
 
+1.3.0 (2022-08-29)
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+* Improvements
+    - decouple from `requests` library
+    - add support for MultipartEncoder
+
+* Bug fixes
+    - remove unnecessary shebangs and permissions
+
 1.2.1 (2021-10-11)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/akamai/edgegrid/__init__.py b/akamai/edgegrid/__init__.py
index 7eb7e58..9991039 100644
--- a/akamai/edgegrid/__init__.py
+++ b/akamai/edgegrid/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 __all__ = ['EdgeGridAuth', 'EdgeRc']
 
 __title__ = 'edgegrid-python'
-__version__ = '1.2.1'
+__version__ = '1.3.0'
 __author__ = 'Jonathan Landis <jlandis@akamai.com>'
 __maintainer__ = 'Akamai Developer Experience team <dl-devexp-eng@akamai.com>'
 __license__ = 'Apache 2.0'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 29b92ec..ad61805 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 setup(
     name='edgegrid-python', 
-    version='1.2.1',
+    version='1.3.0',
     description='{OPEN} client authentication protocol for python-requests',
     author='Jonathan Landis',
     author_email='jlandis@akamai.com',