diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9a8e05..9c6a7a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
 
+## v1.3.0 (2024-11-14)
+
+### Unknown
+
+* Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/EBI-Metabolights/metabolights-utils ([`94814cf`](https://github.com/EBI-Metabolights/metabolights-utils/commit/94814cf275c6a75d891f146b5235029cc13e9628))
+
+
 ## v1.2.2 (2024-10-23)
 
+### Features
+
+* feat: a new utility method to validate local study with new validation endpoint ([`3db9718`](https://github.com/EBI-Metabolights/metabolights-utils/commit/3db9718af2d90fec6f37476756dbd83a9f4a32d4))
+
 ### Fixes
 
 * fix: empty line fix ([`abd88aa`](https://github.com/EBI-Metabolights/metabolights-utils/commit/abd88aa3d3d3562aae3d680e04b9ff3a9ee98a1d))
diff --git a/metabolights_utils/__init__.py b/metabolights_utils/__init__.py
index dc3d464..c9834f1 100644
--- a/metabolights_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/metabolights_utils/__init__.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 )
 from metabolights_utils.utils.search_utils import MetabolightsSearchUtils
 
-__VERSION__ = "1.2.2"
+__VERSION__ = "1.3.0"
 
 __all__ = [
     "Assay",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a73a7fa..5e0104d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "metabolights-utils"
-version = "1.2.2"
+version = "1.3.0"
 description = "MetaboLights open metabolomics data repository utility tools and API."
 authors = ["MetaboLights Team <metabolights-dev@ebi.ac.uk>"]
 readme = "README.md"