diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/admission-controller-deployment.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/admission-controller-deployment.yaml
index c4b1f9d8bfd..462a7df16d4 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/admission-controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/admission-controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
         - name: admission-controller
-          image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-admission-controller:1.2.2
+          image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-admission-controller:1.3.0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           env:
             - name: NAMESPACE
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-high.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-high.yaml
index a8e53ac9751..84f786017c8 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-high.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-high.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
       - name: recommender
-        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:1.2.2
+        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:1.3.0
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         args:
           - --recommender-name=performance
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-low.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-low.yaml
index 510870f378a..a1095faff7f 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-low.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment-low.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
       - name: recommender
-        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:1.2.2
+        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:1.3.0
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         args:
           - --recommender-name=frugal
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment.yaml
index cc3cd8c4494..b5385cc4fe9 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/recommender-deployment.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
       - name: recommender
-        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:1.2.2
+        image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-recommender:1.3.0
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/updater-deployment.yaml b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/updater-deployment.yaml
index 5122248b3a0..e49d1d7d967 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/updater-deployment.yaml
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/deploy/updater-deployment.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
         runAsUser: 65534 # nobody
       containers:
         - name: updater
-          image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-updater:1.2.2
+          image: registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/vpa-updater:1.3.0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           env:
             - name: NAMESPACE
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/docs/installation.md b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/docs/installation.md
index bc89985081f..23924cce74a 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/docs/installation.md
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/docs/installation.md
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@
   - [Install command](#install-command)
   - [Tear down](#tear-down)
 
-The current default version is Vertical Pod Autoscaler 1.2.2
+The current default version is Vertical Pod Autoscaler 1.3.0
 
 ## Compatibility
 
 | VPA version     | Kubernetes version |
 |-----------------|--------------------|
+| 1.3.0           | 1.28+              |
 | 1.2.x           | 1.27+              |
 | 1.1.x           | 1.25+              |
 | 1.0             | 1.25+              |
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-process-yaml.sh b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-process-yaml.sh
index 4fcb7e1687a..fe166b83b21 100755
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-process-yaml.sh
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-process-yaml.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 DEFAULT_REGISTRY="registry.k8s.io/autoscaling"
-DEFAULT_TAG="1.2.2"
+DEFAULT_TAG="1.3.0"
 
 REGISTRY_TO_APPLY=${REGISTRY-$DEFAULT_REGISTRY}
 TAG_TO_APPLY=${TAG-$DEFAULT_TAG}
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-up.sh b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-up.sh
index 222785e54e3..c8f725abb2d 100755
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-up.sh
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/vpa-up.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_ROOT=$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..
-DEFAULT_TAG="1.2.2"
+DEFAULT_TAG="1.3.0"
 TAG_TO_APPLY=${TAG-$DEFAULT_TAG}
 
 if [ "${TAG_TO_APPLY}" == "${DEFAULT_TAG}" ]; then