diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b44961b..7e835bd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
-__version__ = "1.2.4"
+__version__ = "1.3.0"
 
 # fix versions for dependencies for python 2.7 (otherwise some tests fail)
 if sys.version_info[0] == 2: