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 b3347b7..b0aefc4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.3.0](https://github.com/spotify/confidence-cli/compare/quickstart-v1.2.0...quickstart-v1.3.0) (2026-09-01)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* use CLI commands for plugin installation when possible ([#39](https://github.com/spotify/confidence-cli/issues/39)) ([cd32210](https://github.com/spotify/confidence-cli/commit/cd32210254d0c724e7228c3c3b897dff3328ceb4))
+
 ## [1.2.0](https://github.com/spotify/confidence-cli/compare/quickstart-v1.1.0...quickstart-v1.2.0) (2026-08-24)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b97a0b..0afcde3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@spotify-confidence/quickstart",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "description": "Get started with Confidence in minutes.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "type": "module",