diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a38faf..3447e3d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
 project(trrntzip
-  VERSION 1.2
+  VERSION 1.3
   LANGUAGES C)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 778f4a8..cd5482b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# 1.3 [2024-03-06]
+
+* fix for a core dump
+* more consistent casing behaviour across platforms
+* add some tests
+
 # 1.2 [2024-02-22]
 
 * fix a build error on windows