diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 84567fe3..45c441de 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ When needing to release multiple charts, you must do the merge to main and relea
 
 ## Chart release process
 
+Note: Updates to `appVersion` ought to be done in a separate PR.
+Consider it like a dependency update; we don't mix those into release prep PRs.
+
 1. Update `version` in the `Chart.yaml` file for the specific chart being released
 2. Update `CHANGELOG.md` for the specific chart with the changes since the last release
 3. Commit changes, push, and open a release preparation pull request for review
diff --git a/charts/honeycomb/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/honeycomb/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d975901..3d91abcf 100644
--- a/charts/honeycomb/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/honeycomb/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Honeycomb Kubernetes Agent Helm Chart Changelog
 
+## Honeycomb Kubernetes Agent v1.3.0
+
+- bump agent version to 2.3.1 (#98)
+- add nodes resource to honeycomb/templates/cluster-role (#96)
+- add pod labels to honeycomb kubernetes agent chart (#91)
+
 ## Honeycomb Kubernetes Agent v1.2.0
 
 - Adds node metadata to metrics events
diff --git a/charts/honeycomb/Chart.yaml b/charts/honeycomb/Chart.yaml
index fc763c4b..481683d1 100644
--- a/charts/honeycomb/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/honeycomb/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: honeycomb
 description: Honeycomb Kubernetes Agent
-version: 1.2.0
+version: 1.3.0
 appVersion: 2.3.1
 keywords:
   - observability