diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e844cdb..73279ca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Only accretive/fixative changes will be made from now on.
 
-* 1.2.next in progress
+* 1.3.next in progress
   * Address [#218](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/issues/218) by moving `:extend-via-metadata true` after the protocols' docstrings.
   * Document `:useBulkCopyForBatchInsert` for Microsoft SQL Server via PR [#216](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/issues/216) -- [danskarda](https://github.com/danskarda).
   * Address [#215](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/issues/215) by dropping official support for JDK 8 and updating various JDBC drivers in the testing matrix.
diff --git a/build.clj b/build.clj
index 368e227..ba1e69c 100644
--- a/build.clj
+++ b/build.clj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
             [org.corfield.build :as bb]))
 
 (def lib 'com.github.seancorfield/next.jdbc)
-(defn- the-version [patch] (format "1.2.%s" patch))
+(defn- the-version [patch] (format "1.3.%s" patch))
 (def version (the-version (b/git-count-revs nil)))
 (def snapshot (the-version "999-SNAPSHOT"))