diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 03b1d43553a1..9b3d91cc2bb7 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-core/#history
 
+## 1.3.0
+
+01-31-2020 13:30 PST
+
+### New Features
+- Change default api_request() timeout to non-None ([#10219](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/pull/10219))
+
 ## 1.2.0
 
 01-14-2020 13:22 PST
diff --git a/core/setup.py b/core/setup.py
index 21c5f318aefd..3a04a44001fb 100644
--- a/core/setup.py
+++ b/core/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 name = "google-cloud-core"
 description = "Google Cloud API client core library"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 # Should be one of:
 # 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
 # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'