diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 4d37016..d9c6683 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.2.3
+current_version = 1.3.0
 tag_name = {new_version}
 commit = True
 tag = True
diff --git a/dataset/__init__.py b/dataset/__init__.py
index 6f8e8c3..e7b058c 100644
--- a/dataset/__init__.py
+++ b/dataset/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ warnings.filterwarnings(
     'ignore', 'Skipping unsupported ALTER for creation of implicit constraint')
 
 __all__ = ['Database', 'Table', 'freeze', 'connect']
-__version__ = '1.2.3'
+__version__ = '1.3.0'
 
 
 def connect(url=None, schema=None, reflect_metadata=True, engine_kwargs=None,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d636a73..d39538c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with open('README.md') as f:
 
 setup(
     name='dataset',
-    version='1.2.3',
+    version='1.3.0',
     description="Toolkit for Python-based database access.",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ setup(
     include_package_data=False,
     zip_safe=False,
     install_requires=[
-        'sqlalchemy >= 1.2.3',
+        'sqlalchemy >= 1.3.0',
         'alembic >= 0.6.2'
     ],
     extras_require={