diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d87650c..ec6a362 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## [1.3.0] - 2026-01-10
+
+* Empty databases.csv no longer causes baudolo-seed to fail
+
+
 ## [1.2.0] - 2025-12-29
 
 * * Introduced **`--dump-only-sql`** mode for reliable, SQL-only database backups (replaces `--dump-only`).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 299f9c6..20c4dd2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "backup-docker-to-local"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 description = "Backup Docker volumes to local with rsync and optional DB dumps."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"