diff --git a/.github/scripts/release_pr.sh b/.github/scripts/release_pr.sh
index 521f61e8..ed372af8 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/release_pr.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/release_pr.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ gh api -X POST /repos/solarwinds/apm-python/git/refs \
 # Get SHA of current version.py at main
 SHA=$(gh api /repos/solarwinds/apm-python/contents/solarwinds_apm/version.py?ref="main" --jq '.sha')
 
-content=$(base64 <<< "__version__ = \"$version_number\"\n")
+newline=$'\n'
+content=$(base64 <<< "__version__ = \"$version_number\"$newline")
 
 # Commit version.py with updated agent version
 echo "Pushing new version.py to branch '$branch_name'"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 292c66bb..849f8cf1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/compare/rel-1.3.0...HEAD)
 
-## [1.3.0.0](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/releases/tag/rel-1.3.0) - 2024-02-20
+## [1.3.0](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/releases/tag/rel-1.3.0) - 2024-02-20
 
 ### Changed
 - Fixed release_pr script ([#302](https://github.com/solarwinds/apm-python/pull/302))
diff --git a/solarwinds_apm/version.py b/solarwinds_apm/version.py
index 79cac1d6..67bc602a 100644
--- a/solarwinds_apm/version.py
+++ b/solarwinds_apm/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.3.0.0"
+__version__ = "1.3.0"