diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 4087216a5d1e997db4dfa0162787a16705b91d43..39c23cf31231c1ae225ed07e97900b83c8c3fe5b 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ load("//bazel:grpc_build_system.bzl", "grpc_cc_library", "grpc_proto_plugin")
 # This should be updated along with build.yaml
 g_stands_for = "gentle"
 
-core_version = "3.0.0-pre1"
+core_version = "3.0.0"
 
-version = "1.3.0-pre1"
+version = "1.3.0"
 
 grpc_cc_library(
     name = "gpr",
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 81dba56b9ef8bc53bff10718c641450fee0d2474..4b296a2510aa27384b58e4c0c2e398bae23250a5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 set(PACKAGE_NAME      "grpc")
-set(PACKAGE_VERSION   "1.3.0-pre1")
+set(PACKAGE_VERSION   "1.3.0")
 set(PACKAGE_STRING    "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 set(PACKAGE_TARNAME   "${PACKAGE_NAME}-${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 set(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9e3daabe405b5edaecedc36f1d39604e47462f11..41d47b7e3476a93b61fb52c5e3c892c1722770ba 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -419,9 +419,9 @@ E = @echo
 Q = @
 endif
 
-CORE_VERSION = 3.0.0-pre1
-CPP_VERSION = 1.3.0-pre1
-CSHARP_VERSION = 1.3.0-pre1
+CORE_VERSION = 3.0.0
+CPP_VERSION = 1.3.0
+CSHARP_VERSION = 1.3.0
 
 CPPFLAGS_NO_ARCH += $(addprefix -I, $(INCLUDES)) $(addprefix -D, $(DEFINES))
 CPPFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS_NO_ARCH) $(ARCH_FLAGS)
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index 5f23562022a6d21ed6ec1562ec86cfecad776967..d4a193cec4678c57ac4b4aedb500e87ef30ef3b7 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ settings:
   '#08': Use "-preN" suffixes to identify pre-release versions
   '#09': Per-language overrides are possible with (eg) ruby_version tag here
   '#10': See the expand_version.py for all the quirks here
-  core_version: 3.0.0-pre1
+  core_version: 3.0.0
   g_stands_for: gentle
-  version: 1.3.0-pre1
+  version: 1.3.0
 filegroups:
 - name: census
   public_headers:
diff --git a/gRPC-Core.podspec b/gRPC-Core.podspec
index bd129f73b5f86ec29f20d8c2d322a8a21b299b7d..f1c6a103bbd653263a6fd4e2aa7ab6beae96d4b5 100644
--- a/gRPC-Core.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-Core.podspec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-Core'
-  version = '1.3.0-pre1'
+  version = '1.3.0'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'Core cross-platform gRPC library, written in C'
   s.homepage = 'http://www.grpc.io'
diff --git a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
index de30032ee6776d8e179a6154982cf25a4bc1587c..14c75ac4c544d77ee555159b1e5a5effe7f5c114 100644
--- a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-ProtoRPC'
-  version = '1.3.0-pre1'
+  version = '1.3.0'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'RPC library for Protocol Buffers, based on gRPC'
   s.homepage = 'http://www.grpc.io'
diff --git a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
index 642b4cad425ef17b67562209b8fa03f826ee0cc7..60e8c3e93cc37bd8dbd033082d3ac341a74571bd 100644
--- a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-RxLibrary'
-  version = '1.3.0-pre1'
+  version = '1.3.0'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'Reactive Extensions library for iOS/OSX.'
   s.homepage = 'http://www.grpc.io'
diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index ac3057e8706dbd54ed06588f4649e765d5ae77b1..55112253c6e9dffe42e64567a1f7a650ec8095af 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC'
-  version = '1.3.0-pre1'
+  version = '1.3.0'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'gRPC client library for iOS/OSX'
   s.homepage = 'http://www.grpc.io'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 38312731c23a3d706a16a942c67e73b0f7e183ce..ce49c6380f743b03a13b3f9b0cf18fbd9f18fa35 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "grpc",
-  "version": "1.3.0-pre1",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "description": "gRPC Library for Node",
   "homepage": "http://www.grpc.io/",
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 54a7bae49ac8cbc08461665fc858deb59625fb9c..96a415957bb2469b628297c237a2d51ff74e61a7 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
  <date>2017-03-01</date>
  <time>16:06:07</time>
  <version>
-  <release>1.3.0RC1</release>
-  <api>1.3.0RC1</api>
+  <release>1.3.0</release>
+  <api>1.3.0</api>
  </version>
  <stability>
   <release>beta</release>
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/version.c b/src/core/lib/surface/version.c
index 959b45da2b3d31ebc6c345a7e699518c9eb3391f..b800e0399f5cc2c3e9001de9b28eaf3f618861a7 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/version.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/version.c
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@
 
 #include <grpc/grpc.h>
 
-const char *grpc_version_string(void) { return "3.0.0-pre1"; }
+const char *grpc_version_string(void) { return "3.0.0"; }
 
 const char *grpc_g_stands_for(void) { return "gentle"; }
diff --git a/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc b/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc
index 16a295de2ead723a8182d5f8244652db12e95f05..d70a191eb69460d24e989656eaab327e03b3d0be 100644
--- a/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
 #include <grpc++/grpc++.h>
 
 namespace grpc {
-grpc::string Version() { return "1.3.0-pre1"; }
+grpc::string Version() { return "1.3.0"; }
 }
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.csproj.include b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.csproj.include
index 5409c98fe7feb90a88d002c23b14547f5a1d5655..3963209f1a553ab3bd7b2864c9ea697d589f84ac 100755
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.csproj.include
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.csproj.include
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- This file is generated -->
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <GrpcCsharpVersion>1.3.0-pre1</GrpcCsharpVersion>
+    <GrpcCsharpVersion>1.3.0</GrpcCsharpVersion>
     <GoogleProtobufVersion>3.2.0</GoogleProtobufVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/VersionInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/VersionInfo.cs
index 03d4a96f05d4dea37feffd361bc7970688fb3ea9..bdcfb914edbf35989900b3ef983ff0430e802ea6 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/VersionInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/VersionInfo.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
         /// <summary>
         /// Current version of gRPC C#
         /// </summary>
-        public const string CurrentVersion = "1.3.0-pre1";
+        public const string CurrentVersion = "1.3.0";
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat b/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat
index 2f8d5b8157d2ae263e24d2b08f0ccb1e537d7117..cc9c6d11a5cf55f753c763e2d00b68ecbf762480 100755
--- a/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat
+++ b/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 @rem OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 @rem Current package versions
-set VERSION=1.3.0-pre1
+set VERSION=1.3.0
 
 @rem Adjust the location of nuget.exe
 set NUGET=C:\nuget\nuget.exe
diff --git a/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.sh b/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.sh
index 3096b3e45b63782e048777ba396ad3b28a2a8865..57e8fd4895ba45c157de2880cda6aea940e92985 100755
--- a/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.sh
+++ b/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dotnet pack --configuration Release Grpc.Auth --output ../../../artifacts
 dotnet pack --configuration Release Grpc.HealthCheck --output ../../../artifacts
 dotnet pack --configuration Release Grpc.Reflection --output ../../../artifacts
 
-nuget pack Grpc.nuspec -Version "1.3.0-pre1" -OutputDirectory ../../artifacts
-nuget pack Grpc.Tools.nuspec -Version "1.3.0-pre1" -OutputDirectory ../../artifacts
+nuget pack Grpc.nuspec -Version "1.3.0" -OutputDirectory ../../artifacts
+nuget pack Grpc.Tools.nuspec -Version "1.3.0" -OutputDirectory ../../artifacts
 
 (cd ../../artifacts && zip csharp_nugets_dotnetcli.zip *.nupkg)
diff --git a/src/node/health_check/package.json b/src/node/health_check/package.json
index 3d331182981b30ec5e3d44694dfd040a5223e3d8..a63eacae987c58750fc641f16ec5e0453e065f72 100644
--- a/src/node/health_check/package.json
+++ b/src/node/health_check/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "grpc-health-check",
-  "version": "1.3.0-pre1",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "description": "Health check service for use with gRPC",
   "repository": {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "grpc": "^1.3.0-pre1",
+    "grpc": "^1.3.0",
     "lodash": "^3.9.3",
     "google-protobuf": "^3.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/node/tools/package.json b/src/node/tools/package.json
index 056f28ab3c14809c650c4dcd96291823ab3f1bf3..a31880beb69ab8cf18ce3ed3944303d376207ef5 100644
--- a/src/node/tools/package.json
+++ b/src/node/tools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "grpc-tools",
-  "version": "1.3.0-pre1",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "description": "Tools for developing with gRPC on Node.js",
   "homepage": "http://www.grpc.io/",
diff --git a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
index e636d9c902a8b5af9abe3486d1f9d2256f21cfd5..b2827f806027b5d43329c14776014caf6f7dcf1d 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
+++ b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   # exclamation mark ensures that other "regular" pods will be able to find it as it'll be installed
   # before them.
   s.name     = '!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin'
-  v = '1.3.0-pre1'
+  v = '1.3.0'
   s.version  = v
   s.summary  = 'The gRPC ProtoC plugin generates Objective-C files from .proto services.'
   s.description = <<-DESC
diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/version.h b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/version.h
index b53033d5248f731aa1f0c20a751ba9c820fc9752..9789d1243d7e0f31eeffd23a617a8080cb0dc0d3 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/version.h
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/version.h
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@
 // `tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh`.
 
 
-#define GRPC_OBJC_VERSION_STRING @"1.3.0-pre1"
+#define GRPC_OBJC_VERSION_STRING @"1.3.0"
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py
index a37630a1851e766d4b0d5ec25b4a6373a33a2e77..a15756a7210306f86e16ac7339e788cb2d375178 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION='1.3.0rc1'
+VERSION='1.3.0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py
index c08110ec2cc904e94237e811eea3ee5864658f18..df1e4af31dc87574ba13668f948fb15522933602 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION='1.3.0rc1'
+VERSION='1.3.0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py
index 456573262115127f42ffcbabbd6ff8a9522e0723..a102538799e85efdbf9ac676495104340d37562b 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION='1.3.0rc1'
+VERSION='1.3.0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py
index aadfabfddeea178f2bd269622724d048a617b1d7..5cce3ae7efa5b117cdc8223563269ffa6e069b56 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION='1.3.0rc1'
+VERSION='1.3.0'
diff --git a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb
index fa804685b38b52e4ed190480cdb4eb94090b6da5..26c452e4a709e0965406de1c036b5b004842a5bb 100644
--- a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
 
 # GRPC contains the General RPC module.
 module GRPC
-  VERSION = '1.3.0.pre1'
+  VERSION = '1.3.0'
 end
diff --git a/src/ruby/tools/version.rb b/src/ruby/tools/version.rb
index fa19aee62b590997a6f3b8eb291bbaf877e9f177..c643a2225b06c7295fb2f4a7444f88652aa4d459 100644
--- a/src/ruby/tools/version.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/tools/version.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
 
 module GRPC
   module Tools
-    VERSION = '1.3.0.pre1'
+    VERSION = '1.3.0'
   end
 end
diff --git a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py
index 289c0b13c380198f5e15e59c10839d03a3eefe2b..71ec92508b76140af2b4ebbcf75fd73e615205c6 100644
--- a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py
+++ b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION='1.3.0rc1'
+VERSION='1.3.0'
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
index 01a2dfb74f80bda42a5978face19a960e15c81b3..26e6e09fed07e9e737952e1122d3872857caeff8 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "GRPC C++"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.3.0-pre1
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.3.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
index 7734d8ba11faf80bcfa8a0361ee02c7a2ad99d7e..5eab7e99d1f6fcc1dcd03a93d877bf043cad2e69 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "GRPC C++"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.3.0-pre1
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.3.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core
index d651c9209e0a446ff4542a30a75b923692930f3a..a4eacfb0c65213b8747a4d586363801d776a1516 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "GRPC Core"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 3.0.0-pre1
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 3.0.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
index f5ffe97e49999c203ef5d8f4875beb1d3c751357..d623fc0ae52fe2b6e87c27bef8d7fd61caf069f7 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "GRPC Core"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 3.0.0-pre1
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 3.0.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a