diff --git a/pyproject-lite.toml b/pyproject-lite.toml
index 603e23958..a54623557 100644
--- a/pyproject-lite.toml
+++ b/pyproject-lite.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "llamea-lite"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 description = "LLaMEA without bundled LLM or HPO dependencies"
 authors = [{ name = "Niki van Stein", email = "n.van.stein@liacs.leidenuniv.nl" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.11, <4"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ee79d5758..97ecd2a19 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "llamea"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 description = "LLaMEA is a Python framework for automatically generating and refining metaheuristic optimization algorithms using large language models, featuring optional in-the-loop hyper-parameter optimization."
 authors = [{ name = "Niki van Stein", email = "n.van.stein@liacs.leidenuniv.nl" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.11, <4"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 130a4219a..89eb5c451 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 3
+revision = 2
 requires-python = ">=3.11, <4"
 resolution-markers = [
     "python_full_version >= '3.14'",
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "llamea"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "configspace" },