diff --git a/src/sparsezoo/version.py b/src/sparsezoo/version.py
index 6f71925c..7b93553f 100644
--- a/src/sparsezoo/version.py
+++ b/src/sparsezoo/version.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from datetime import date
 
 
-version_base = "1.2.0"
+version_base = "1.3.0"
 is_release = False  # change to True to set the generated version as a release version