diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed24a1e..f511f7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml</groupId>
     <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>aalto-xml</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <licenses>
     <license>
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ org.xml.sax, org.xml.sax.ext, org.xml.sax.helpers</osgi.import>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
       <artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
-      <version>6.1.1</version>
+      <version>6.2.6</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 2a46d45..1a7c8f5 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Project: aalto-xml
 = Releases
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-1.2.3 (not yet released)
+1.3.0 (not yet released)
 
 * Fix minor offset check bug in `AsyncByteArrayScanner`/`AsyncByteBufferScanner`
 * Various minor fixes based on lgtm.com suggestions