diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index aede799..0e45284 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #### General
 
-- [ ] Update Changelog following the conventions laid out on [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
+- [ ] Update Changelog following the conventions listed [here](https://github.com/sensu-plugins/community/blob/master/HOW_WE_CHANGELOG.md)
 
 - [ ] Update README with any necessary configuration snippets
 
@@ -24,5 +24,4 @@
 
 #### Purpose
 
-#### Known Compatability Issues
-
+#### Known Compatibility Issues
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ef18b6..210c038 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 # Change Log
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-This CHANGELOG follows the format listed at [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
+This CHANGELOG follows the format listed  [here](https://github.com/sensu-plugins/community/blob/master/HOW_WE_CHANGELOG.md)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.3.0] - 2018-08-06
 ### Fixed
 - when hostname contains a `.` such as having a FQDN we rely on taking the remaining string rather than doing a split (@cholletk)
+- misc typo in PR template (@majormoses)
 
 ### Added
 - Ruby 2.4.1 testing
 
+### Changed
+- updated changelog guidlines location (@majormoses)
+
 ## [1.2.0] - 2017-05-15
 - Added "mode" into check-influxdb-query check to allow multiple values in a query
 
@@ -75,7 +80,8 @@ This CHANGELOG follows the format listed at [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachang
 ### Added
 - initial release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-influxdb/compare/1.2.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-influxdb/compare/1.3.0...HEAD
+[1.3.0]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-influxdb/compare/1.2.0...1.3.0
 [1.2.0]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-influxdb/compare/1.1.0...1.2.0
 [1.1.0]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-influxdb/compare/1.0.0...1.1.0
 [1.0.0]: https://github.com/sensu-plugins/sensu-plugins-influxdb/compare/0.0.7...1.0.0
diff --git a/lib/sensu-plugins-influxdb/version.rb b/lib/sensu-plugins-influxdb/version.rb
index ec2cbd7..b46f892 100644
--- a/lib/sensu-plugins-influxdb/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sensu-plugins-influxdb/version.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module SensuPluginsInfluxdb
   module Version
     MAJOR = 1
-    MINOR = 2
+    MINOR = 3
     PATCH = 0
 
     VER_STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH].compact.join('.')