diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c3f1463..96f1cd9 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 6f295ca..a14c684 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.3.0](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0) (2026-03-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **handler:** on-the-fly package install for deployed mode ([#77](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/issues/77)) ([bc96b33](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/commit/bc96b3366c94847b3c7128c2d8f3185194fa09a0))
+
 ## [1.2.0](https://github.com/runpod-workers/flash/compare/v1.1.1...v1.2.0) (2026-03-10)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0eded68..51661aa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "worker-flash"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 description = "Dynamic GPU provisioning for ML workloads with transparent execution"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
diff --git a/src/version.py b/src/version.py
index ea733f8..ac8cd90 100644
--- a/src/version.py
+++ b/src/version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import platform
 from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 
-__version__ = "1.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.3.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
 
 def _get_version(package_name: str) -> str: