diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02e28279..918a133d 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/balance-transfer/artifacts/src/github.com/example_cc/node/package.json b/balance-transfer/artifacts/src/github.com/example_cc/node/package.json
index c7724458..2be9174c 100644
--- a/balance-transfer/artifacts/src/github.com/example_cc/node/package.json
+++ b/balance-transfer/artifacts/src/github.com/example_cc/node/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 	"engine-strict": true,
 	"license": "Apache-2.0",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"fabric-shim": "unstable"
+		"fabric-shim": "~1.3.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/balance-transfer/package.json b/balance-transfer/package.json
index fa51c95d..11128149 100644
--- a/balance-transfer/package.json
+++ b/balance-transfer/package.json
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     "express-bearer-token": "^2.1.0",
     "express-jwt": "^5.1.0",
     "express-session": "^1.15.2",
-    "fabric-ca-client": "unstable",
-    "fabric-client": "unstable",
+    "fabric-ca-client": "~1.3.0",
+    "fabric-client": "~1.3.0",
     "fs-extra": "^2.0.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^7.3.0",
     "log4js": "^0.6.38"
diff --git a/balance-transfer/typescript/package.json b/balance-transfer/typescript/package.json
index 69a65369..83bc17a6 100644
--- a/balance-transfer/typescript/package.json
+++ b/balance-transfer/typescript/package.json
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
     "express": "^4.16.1",
     "express-jwt": "^5.3.0",
     "express-session": "^1.15.6",
-    "fabric-ca-client": "^1.0.2",
-    "fabric-client": "^1.0.2",
+    "fabric-ca-client": "~1.3.0",
+    "fabric-client": "~1.3.0",
     "log4js": "^0.6.38"
   }
 }
diff --git a/chaincode/chaincode_example02/node/package.json b/chaincode/chaincode_example02/node/package.json
index 2dbefae2..0f60335c 100644
--- a/chaincode/chaincode_example02/node/package.json
+++ b/chaincode/chaincode_example02/node/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 	"engine-strict": true,
 	"license": "Apache-2.0",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"fabric-shim": "unstable"
+		"fabric-shim": "~1.3.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/chaincode/fabcar/node/package.json b/chaincode/fabcar/node/package.json
index 92ba3d64..04810a3d 100644
--- a/chaincode/fabcar/node/package.json
+++ b/chaincode/fabcar/node/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 	"engine-strict": true,
 	"license": "Apache-2.0",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"fabric-shim": "unstable"
+		"fabric-shim": "~1.3.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/chaincode/marbles02/node/package.json b/chaincode/marbles02/node/package.json
index a622f00e..f59b5d45 100644
--- a/chaincode/marbles02/node/package.json
+++ b/chaincode/marbles02/node/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 	"engine-strict": true,
 	"license": "Apache-2.0",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"fabric-shim": "unstable"
+		"fabric-shim": "~1.3.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fabcar/package.json b/fabcar/package.json
index 794c5311..33b03038 100644
--- a/fabcar/package.json
+++ b/fabcar/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
         "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "fabric-ca-client": "unstable",
-        "fabric-client": "unstable",
+        "fabric-ca-client": "~1.3.0",
+        "fabric-client": "~1.3.0",
         "grpc": "^1.6.0"
     },
     "author": "Anthony O'Dowd",
diff --git a/fabric-ca/README.md b/fabric-ca/README.md
index d9166c1c..568a198e 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 b0313521..168503fd 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 298a0d47..13e994c6 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 769a111f..b36db883 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() {