diff --git a/gson/pom.xml b/gson/pom.xml
index b908fca7..0557335d 100644
--- a/gson/pom.xml
+++ b/gson/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
   <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.3b3</version>
+  <version>1.3</version>
   <inceptionYear>2008</inceptionYear>
   <name>Gson</name>
   <url>http://code.google.com/p/google-gson/</url>
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
index 1c0342d3..dcb4fb72 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ public final class Gson {
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public <T> T fromJson(Reader json, Type typeOfT) throws JsonParseException {
     try {
-      JsonElement root = JsonParser.parse(json);
+      JsonElement root = new JsonParser().parse(json);
       JsonDeserializationContext context = new JsonDeserializationContextDefault(
           createDefaultObjectNavigatorFactory(), deserializers, objectConstructor);
       T target = (T) context.deserialize(root, typeOfT);
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonParser.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonParser.java
index 995711a0..c1868cdb 100755
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonParser.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonParser.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public final class JsonParser {
    * @throws JsonParseException if the specified text is not valid JSON
    * @since 1.3
    */
-  public static JsonElement parse(String json) throws JsonParseException {
+  public JsonElement parse(String json) throws JsonParseException {
     return parse(new StringReader(json));
   }
   
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public final class JsonParser {
    * @throws JsonParseException if the specified text is not valid JSON
    * @since 1.3
    */
-  public static JsonElement parse(Reader json) throws JsonParseException {
+  public JsonElement parse(Reader json) throws JsonParseException {
     try {
       JsonParserImpl parser = new JsonParserImpl(json);
       return parser.parse();
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonPrintFormatter.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonPrintFormatter.java
index 25db3f2e..76cb32a3 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonPrintFormatter.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonPrintFormatter.java
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ final class JsonPrintFormatter implements JsonFormatter {
       }
     }
     
-    public void endObject(JsonObject object) throws IOException {
+    public void endObject(JsonObject object) {
       writer.endObject();
     }
 
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/JsonParserTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/JsonParserTest.java
index b349bf3d..78f66c59 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/JsonParserTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/JsonParserTest.java
@@ -11,9 +11,17 @@ import java.io.StringReader;
  */
 public class JsonParserTest extends TestCase {
   
+  private JsonParser parser;
+  
+  @Override
+  protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+    super.setUp();
+    parser = new JsonParser();
+  }
+  
   public void testParseString() {
     String json = "{a:10,b:'c'}";
-    JsonElement e = JsonParser.parse(json);
+    JsonElement e = parser.parse(json);
     assertTrue(e.isJsonObject());
     assertEquals(10, e.getAsJsonObject().get("a").getAsInt());
     assertEquals("c", e.getAsJsonObject().get("b").getAsString());
@@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ public class JsonParserTest extends TestCase {
 
   public void testParseReader() {
     StringReader reader = new StringReader("{a:10,b:'c'}");
-    JsonElement e = JsonParser.parse(reader);
+    JsonElement e = parser.parse(reader);
     assertTrue(e.isJsonObject());
     assertEquals(10, e.getAsJsonObject().get("a").getAsInt());
     assertEquals("c", e.getAsJsonObject().get("b").getAsString());
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/JsonParserTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/JsonParserTest.java
index aaba4110..1751db9d 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/JsonParserTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/JsonParserTest.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class JsonParserTest extends TestCase {
   public void testChangingCustomTreeAndDeserializing() {
     StringReader json = 
       new StringReader("{'stringValue':'no message','intValue':10,'longValue':20}");
-    JsonObject obj = (JsonObject) JsonParser.parse(json);
+    JsonObject obj = (JsonObject) new JsonParser().parse(json);
     obj.remove("stringValue");
     obj.addProperty("stringValue", "fooBar");
     BagOfPrimitives target = gson.fromJson(obj, BagOfPrimitives.class);