diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 <!--next-version-placeholder-->
 
+## v1.3.0 (2024-09-20)
+
+### Feature
+
+* MERSCOPE Ultra Support ([#38](https://github.com/Vizgen/vizgen-postprocessing/issues/38)) ([`3f34a41`](https://github.com/Vizgen/vizgen-postprocessing/commit/3f34a410fd212e3d35c54ad51bc650d4a1b2b6da))
+
 ## v1.2.2 (2024-02-09)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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 [tool.poetry]
 name = "vpt"
-version = "1.2.2"
+version = "1.3.0"
 description = "Command line tool for highly parallelized processing of Vizgen data"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 authors = ["Vizgen <techsupport@vizgen.com>"]