diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index 53882996..35e15b33 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rubygems_version = '1.3.5'
 
   s.name              = 'jekyll'
-  s.version           = '1.2.1'
+  s.version           = '1.3.0.rc'
   s.license           = 'MIT'
-  s.date              = '2013-09-14'
+  s.date              = '2013-10-28'
   s.rubyforge_project = 'jekyll'
 
   s.summary     = "A simple, blog aware, static site generator."
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     site/css/style.css
     site/docs/configuration.md
     site/docs/contributing.md
+    site/docs/datafiles.md
     site/docs/deployment-methods.md
     site/docs/drafts.md
     site/docs/extras.md
@@ -206,10 +207,13 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     test/helper.rb
     test/source/+/foo.md
     test/source/.htaccess
+    test/source/_data/languages.yml
     test/source/_data/members.yaml
+    test/source/_data/products.yml
     test/source/_includes/params.html
     test/source/_includes/sig.markdown
     test/source/_layouts/default.html
+    test/source/_layouts/post/simple.html
     test/source/_layouts/simple.html
     test/source/_plugins/dummy.rb
     test/source/_posts/2008-02-02-not-published.textile
@@ -255,7 +259,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     test/source/deal.with.dots.html
     test/source/foo/_posts/bar/2008-12-12-topical-post.textile
     test/source/index.html
+    test/source/products.yml
     test/source/sitemap.xml
+    test/source/symlink-test/_data
     test/source/symlink-test/symlinked-dir
     test/source/symlink-test/symlinked-file
     test/source/win/_posts/2009-05-24-yaml-linebreak.markdown
diff --git a/lib/jekyll.rb b/lib/jekyll.rb
index 1ad928bf..096c718f 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ require_all 'jekyll/tags'
 SafeYAML::OPTIONS[:suppress_warnings] = true
 
 module Jekyll
-  VERSION = '1.2.1'
+  VERSION = '1.3.0.rc'
 
   # Public: Generate a Jekyll configuration Hash by merging the default
   # options with anything in _config.yml, and adding the given options on top.
diff --git a/site/_posts/2013-10-28-jekyll-1-3-0-rc1-released.markdown b/site/_posts/2013-10-28-jekyll-1-3-0-rc1-released.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4f4852d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/_posts/2013-10-28-jekyll-1-3-0-rc1-released.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+layout: news_item
+title: 'Jekyll 1.3.0.rc1 Released'
+date: 2013-10-28 20:14:39 -0500
+author: mattr-
+version: 1.3.0.rc1
+categories: [release]
+---
+
+Jekyll 1.3.0 is going to be a big release! In order to make sure we
+didn't screw anything up too badly, we're making a release candidate
+available for any early adopters who want to give the latest and
+greatest code a spin without having to clone a repository from git.
+
+Please take this prerelease for a spin and [let us
+know](https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/issues/new) if you run into any
+issues!
+
+