diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02e2827925..918a133da1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The [`scripts/bootstrap.sh`](https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-samples/blob/
 script will preload all of the requisite docker
 images for Hyperledger Fabric and tag them with the 'latest' tag. Optionally,
 specify a version for fabric, fabric-ca and thirdparty images. Default versions
-are 1.3.0-rc1, 1.3.0-rc1 and 0.4.12 respectively.
+are 1.3.0, 1.3.0 and 0.4.13 respectively.
 
 ```bash
 ./scripts/bootstrap.sh [version] [ca version] [thirdparty_version]
diff --git a/fabric-ca/README.md b/fabric-ca/README.md
index d9166c1ce7..568a198e1b 100755
--- a/fabric-ca/README.md
+++ b/fabric-ca/README.md
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ an older released version, or from locally built docker images as follows:
     and Fabric CA.
 
     b. Older versions of Fabric and Fabric CA can be used by setting the
-    `FABRIC_TAG` environment variable. For example, `export FABRIC_TAG=1.3.0-rc1`
-    will run the sample with 1.3.0-rc1 version of Fabric and Fabric CA.
+    `FABRIC_TAG` environment variable. For example, `export FABRIC_TAG=1.3.0`
+    will run the sample with 1.3.0 version of Fabric and Fabric CA.
 
     c. The sample can also be run with locally built Fabric and Fabric CA
     docker images. Fabric and Fabric CA repositories must be cloned with following
diff --git a/fabric-ca/makeDocker.sh b/fabric-ca/makeDocker.sh
index b031352137..168503fdb0 100755
--- a/fabric-ca/makeDocker.sh
+++ b/fabric-ca/makeDocker.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # IMPORTANT: The following default FABRIC_TAG value should be updated for each
 # release after the fabric-orderer and fabric-peer images have been published
 # for the release.
-export FABRIC_TAG=${FABRIC_TAG:-1.3.0-rc1}
+export FABRIC_TAG=${FABRIC_TAG:-1.3.0}
 
 export FABRIC_CA_TAG=${FABRIC_CA_TAG:-${FABRIC_TAG}}
 export NS=${NS:-hyperledger}
diff --git a/fabric-ca/start.sh b/fabric-ca/start.sh
index 298a0d4794..13e994c61a 100755
--- a/fabric-ca/start.sh
+++ b/fabric-ca/start.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # By default, this test is run with the latest released docker images.
 #
 # To run against a specific fabric/fabric-ca version:
-#    export FABRIC_TAG=1.3.0-rc1
+#    export FABRIC_TAG=1.3.0
 #
 # To run with locally built images:
 #    export FABRIC_TAG=local
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 769a111f15..b36db88357 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 #
 
 # if version not passed in, default to latest released version
-export VERSION=1.3.0-rc1
+export VERSION=1.3.0
 # if ca version not passed in, default to latest released version
 export CA_VERSION=$VERSION
 # current version of thirdparty images (couchdb, kafka and zookeeper) released
-export THIRDPARTY_IMAGE_VERSION=0.4.12
+export THIRDPARTY_IMAGE_VERSION=0.4.13
 export ARCH=$(echo "$(uname -s|tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'|sed 's/mingw64_nt.*/windows/')-$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/g')")
 export MARCH=$(uname -m)
 
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ printHelp() {
   echo "-d - bypass docker image download"
   echo "-b - bypass download of platform-specific binaries"
   echo
-  echo "e.g. bootstrap.sh 1.3.0-rc1 1.3.0-rc1 0.4.12"
-  echo "would download docker images and binaries for version 1.3.0-rc1 (fabric) 1.3.0-rc1 (fabric-ca) 0.4.12 (thirdparty)"
+  echo "e.g. bootstrap.sh 1.3.0 1.3.0 0.4.13"
+  echo "would download docker images and binaries for version 1.3.0 (fabric) 1.3.0 (fabric-ca) 0.4.13 (thirdparty)"
 }
 
 dockerFabricPull() {