diff --git a/api/CHANGELOG.md b/api/CHANGELOG.md
index ff82beb8e6..12b33c4e2c 100644
--- a/api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
-## Unreleased
-
-### Features
+## [1.3.0](https://www.github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-api/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0)
 
+* feat(api): merge api-metrics into api [#3374](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/3374) @legendecas
 * Optionally suppress warning about logger being overwritten ([#3366](https://www.github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-api/pull/3366))
 
 ## [1.2.0](https://www.github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-api/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0) (2022-08-09)
diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index 799ea8ab95..50e3782e80 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@opentelemetry/api",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "description": "Public API for OpenTelemetry",
   "main": "build/src/index.js",
   "module": "build/esm/index.js",