diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rdoc b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
index ed13169..b7838dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rdoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+1.3.0 (August 6, 2010)
+
 * Adding :find_by option to load_resource - see issue #19
 
 * Adding :singleton option to load_resource - see issue #93
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ associations - see issue #73
 
 * Supporting deeply nested aliases - see issue #98
 
+
 1.2.0 (July 16, 2010)
 
 * Load nested parent resources on collection actions such as "index" (thanks dohzya)
diff --git a/cancan.gemspec b/cancan.gemspec
index 125b78c..81ed01b 100644
--- a/cancan.gemspec
+++ b/cancan.gemspec
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = "cancan"
-  s.version     = "1.2.0"
+  s.version     = "1.3.0"
   s.author      = "Ryan Bates"
   s.email       = "ryan@railscasts.com"
   s.homepage    = "http://github.com/ryanb/cancan"
   s.summary     = "Simple authorization solution for Rails."
-  s.description = "Simple authorization solution for Rails which is completely decoupled from the user's roles. All permissions are stored in a single location for convenience."
+  s.description = "Simple authorization solution for Rails which is decoupled from user roles. All permissions are stored in a single location."
 
   s.files        = Dir["{lib,spec}/**/*", "[A-Z]*", "init.rb"]
   s.require_path = "lib"