diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 133e025c..8fa7b2dc 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.2.1
+current_version = 1.3
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)(\.(?P<patch>\d+))?
 serialize = 
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a0390e3a..31dd8577 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       author='Markus Gerstel',
       author_email='scientificsoftware@diamond.ac.uk',
       download_url="https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/python-workflows/releases",
-      version='1.2.1',
+      version='1.3',
       install_requires=[
           'enum34;python_version<"3.4"',
           'setuptools',
diff --git a/workflows/__init__.py b/workflows/__init__.py
index e5e9b735..930bb256 100644
--- a/workflows/__init__.py
+++ b/workflows/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
-__version__ = '1.2.1'
+__version__ = '1.3'
 
 def version():
   '''Returns the version number of the installed workflows package.'''