diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5270f8..1a3ad6a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /MeeraNew-1.2.1.tar.bz2
+/MeeraNew-1.3.tar.bz2
diff --git a/rit-meera-new-fonts.spec b/rit-meera-new-fonts.spec
index 61ce54b..009bbfd 100644
--- a/rit-meera-new-fonts.spec
+++ b/rit-meera-new-fonts.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-Version:    1.2.1
-Release:    2%{?dist}
+Version:    1.3
+Release:    1%{?dist}
 URL:        https://gitlab.com/rit-fonts/%{fontsource}
 
 %global foundry RIT
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ make otf
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun May 15 2022 Rajeesh K V <rajeeshknambiar@gmail.com> - 1.3-1
+- New version improving x-height to match RIT Rachana and many kerning pairs
+
 * Mon Feb 07 2022 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 1.2.1-2
 - Fix Obsoletes: smc-meera-fonts
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9a97d92..476c656 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (MeeraNew-1.2.1.tar.bz2) = d6932ca50e8965cf1a435ff92902a93f6c08aa07cc4a97628e4f5f73fe479804e596290f7c69fa63d3a47ed71d996123de0ad30b71241f35ac401602e214df61
+SHA512 (MeeraNew-1.3.tar.bz2) = 72e420722a19e9bfb44a01ef4f3cf8bef89f80b279ebc67c6ded7a4ac5ccddf133affda3c1226332493fd763061406e78008473532e7b5bbe08e1f22d2c47ba4