diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bafb0b6..f1630e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Unreleased changes in development
----------------------------------
+Version 1.3.0 (September 18, 2022)
+----------------------------------
 
 * Deliverability checks now check for 'v=spf1 -all' SPF records as a way to reject more bad domains.
 * Special use domain names now raise EmailSyntaxError instead of EmailUndeliverableError since they are performed even if check_deliverability is off.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c8409c..14ce832 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -425,17 +425,15 @@ The package is distributed as a universal wheel and as a source package.
 
 To release:
 
-* Update the version number.
-* Follow the steps below to publish source and a universal wheel to pypi.
+* Update CHANGELOG.md.
+* Update the version number in setup.cfg.
+* Make a commit with the new version number.
+* Follow the steps below to publish source and a universal wheel to pypi and tag the release.
 * Make a release at https://github.com/JoshData/python-email-validator/releases/new.
 
 ```sh
-pip3 install twine
-rm -rf dist
-python3 setup.py sdist
-python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
-twine upload dist/* # username: __token__ password: pypi API token
-git tag v1.0.XXX # replace with version in setup.cfg
+./release_to_pypi.sh
+git tag v$(grep version setup.cfg | sed "s/.*= //")
 git push --tags
 ```
 
diff --git a/release_to_pypi.sh b/release_to_pypi.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d8d5e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_to_pypi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+pip3 install --upgrade twine
+rm -rf dist
+python3 setup.py sdist
+python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
+twine upload -u __token__ dist/* # username: __token__ password: pypi API token
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c570779..05ec00e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [metadata]
 name = email_validator
-version = 1.2.1
-description = A robust email syntax and deliverability validation library.
+version = 1.3.0
+description = A robust email address syntax and deliverability validation library.
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
 url = https://github.com/JoshData/python-email-validator