diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 09a2522..6a787c5 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "1.2.0"
+    ".": "1.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e10c76..5c40e4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.3.0](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0) (2026-03-06)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add C API ([#12](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/issues/12)) ([db663af](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/db663af49b6c196003b455776fcd71183353ef14))
+* add optional parse error locations ([#34](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/issues/34)) ([1b517e9](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/1b517e971ecf2ea43d8c619a6637c4eea4494714))
+* add rust crate ([c964cd5](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/c964cd5461709fc01a397c3a5febad25422768ff))
+* initial commit ([55fdeca](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/55fdeca11d8543ebd947aaad54731d383203093f))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* don't bail on shorthand 'get' in literal exports ([#37](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/issues/37)) ([48bbbbf](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/48bbbbf0be191fa2c02d284e71833088c1531521))
+* handle immutable releases ([#21](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/issues/21)) ([13480bc](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/13480bc56ed56b1e2778d4fee1d0562e811b09eb))
+* header file name ([#6](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/issues/6)) ([d499aa9](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/d499aa984deebff754bf4ed09ac89aeebadcdcaa))
+* **rust:** encode non-zero line invariant in API ([#31](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/issues/31)) ([9966022](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/9966022893140e6cd812ae21991421ea2ecbcdc0))
+* simplify things in rust crate ([f4e857e](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/f4e857e7d74ded0437b696e776ac8ef12554b483))
+* tie rust export borrows to analysis lifetime ([0fed125](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/0fed1256bbbee733020e1b75eb1aa7b3088b3034))
+* update release.yml ([7050760](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/705076095196c3b94d6be6fa861334d997bd6cdc))
+* use thread_local last error tracking ([f529e8b](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/f529e8b7406fb892bd842eb3ca13ea946b3e5f9a))
+
 ## [1.2.0](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/compare/v1.1.3...v1.2.0) (2026-03-05)
 
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f61bbc3..5f0b767 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 project(merve
   DESCRIPTION "Fast lexer to extract named exports via analysis from CommonJS modules"
   LANGUAGES C CXX
-  VERSION 1.2.0 # x-release-please-version
+  VERSION 1.3.0 # x-release-please-version
 )
 
-set(MERVE_LIB_VERSION "1.2.0" CACHE STRING "lexer library version") # x-release-please-version
+set(MERVE_LIB_VERSION "1.3.0" CACHE STRING "lexer library version") # x-release-please-version
 set(MERVE_LIB_SOVERSION "1" CACHE STRING "lexer library soversion") # x-release-please-major
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
diff --git a/include/merve/version.h b/include/merve/version.h
index 23d5e4b..eec4fcd 100644
--- a/include/merve/version.h
+++ b/include/merve/version.h
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 #ifndef MERVE_VERSION_H
 #define MERVE_VERSION_H
 
-#define MERVE_VERSION "1.2.0" // x-release-please-version
+#define MERVE_VERSION "1.3.0" // x-release-please-version
 
 namespace lexer {
 
 enum {
   MERVE_VERSION_MAJOR = 1,     // x-release-please-major
-  MERVE_VERSION_MINOR = 2,     // x-release-please-minor
+  MERVE_VERSION_MINOR = 3,     // x-release-please-minor
   MERVE_VERSION_REVISION = 0,  // x-release-please-patch
 };
 
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 44e404c..cf357e2 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "merve"
-version = "1.2.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "1.3.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 authors = ["Yagiz Nizipli <yagiz@nizipli.com>"]