diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e868e20de5..66b0e8cbc03 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ AWS Cloud Plugin for ElasticSearch
 
 The AWS Cloud plugin allows to use AWS EC2 API for the unicast discovery mechanism as well as using S3 as a shared gateway.
 
-In order to install the plugin, simply run: `bin/plugin -install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-aws/1.2.0`.
+In order to install the plugin, simply run: `bin/plugin -install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-aws/1.3.0`.
 
     ---------------------------------------
     | AWS Cloud Plugin | ElasticSearch    |
     ---------------------------------------
-    | master           | master (0.19)    |
+    | master           | 0.19 -> master   |
+    ---------------------------------------
+    | 1.3.0            | 0.19 -> master   |
     ---------------------------------------
     | 1.2.0            | 0.18             |
     ---------------------------------------
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e3e50444f0..448925e442d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
     <artifactId>elasticsearch-cloud-aws</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0</version>
+    <version>1.3.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>AWS Cloud plugin for ElasticSearch</description>
     <inceptionYear>2009</inceptionYear>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <elasticsearch.version>0.19.0-SNAPSHOT</elasticsearch.version>
+        <elasticsearch.version>0.19.0.RC1</elasticsearch.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>