diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a272a3..b87576c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## [1.3.0] - 2025-12-12
+
+* **Minor release – Stability & CI hardening**
+
+* Stabilized Nix resolution and global symlink handling across Arch, CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu
+* Ensured Nix works reliably in CI, sudo, login, and non-login shells without overriding distro-managed paths
+* Improved error handling and deterministic behavior for non-root environments
+* Refactored Docker and CI workflows for reproducible multi-distro virgin tests
+* Made E2E tests more realistic by executing real CLI commands
+* Fixed Python compatibility and missing dependencies on affected distros
+
+
 ## [1.2.1] - 2025-12-12
 
 * **Changed**
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index dc99ee9..7ad303b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         rec {
           pkgmgr = pyPkgs.buildPythonApplication {
             pname   = "package-manager";
-            version = "1.2.1";
+            version = "1.3.0";
 
             # Use the git repo as source
             src = ./.;
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 02974af..674809d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "package-manager"
-version = "1.2.1"
+version = "1.3.0"
 description = "Kevin's package-manager tool (pkgmgr)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"