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 d7f28b7..3363ea5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.3.0](https://github.com/openCoreEMR/release-please-test/compare/release-please-test-v1.2.0...release-please-test-v1.3.0) (2026-01-26)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add celebrate function ([fa9f2e4](https://github.com/openCoreEMR/release-please-test/commit/fa9f2e44554dd8cd8bb12115fc323de91cb21080))
+
 ## [1.2.0](https://github.com/openCoreEMR/release-please-test/compare/release-please-test-v1.1.0...release-please-test-v1.2.0) (2026-01-26)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a55fa73..7b8ba40 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "release-please-test",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "description": "Test repository for release-please fork features",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {