diff --git a/gleam.toml b/gleam.toml
index 80e9ec3..a8cd249 100644
--- a/gleam.toml
+++ b/gleam.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name = "str"
-version = "1.2.3"
+version = "1.3.0"
 
 # Project metadata (fill or replace placeholders before publishing)
 description = "Unicode-aware string utilities for Gleam: grapheme-safe operations, pragmatic ASCII transliteration, and slug generation."