diff --git a/.env b/.env
index e77cd7e4b..acd465401 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # the version of Besu Docker image to use.
 # see https://hub.docker.com/r/hyperledger/besu/tags for possible values
-BESU_VERSION=1.3.0-RC1
+BESU_VERSION=1.3.0
 QUICKSTART_VERSION=$BESU_VERSION
 # BESU_PUBLIC_KEY_DIRECTORY is the path to use in containers for the mapping of the keys dir volume
 BESU_PUBLIC_KEY_DIRECTORY=/opt/besu/public-keys/
diff --git a/privacy/.env b/privacy/.env
index ba36eb417..667cf042a 100644
--- a/privacy/.env
+++ b/privacy/.env
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # the version of Besu Docker image to use.
 # see https://hub.docker.com/r/hyperledger/besu/tags for possible values
-BESU_VERSION=1.3.0-RC1
+BESU_VERSION=1.3.0
 ORION_VERSION=1.4.0-SNAPSHOT
 # BESU_PUBLIC_KEY_DIRECTORY is the path to use in containers for the mapping of the volume
 BESU_PUBLIC_KEY_DIRECTORY=/opt/besu/public-keys/