diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples.yml b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
index 59e5bf56..04f0ec05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         os: ["blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]
 
     steps:
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         os: ["blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]
 
     steps:
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         os: ["blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]
 
     steps:
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         os: ["blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]
 
     steps:
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         os: ["blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]
 
     steps:
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         os: ["blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]
 
     steps:
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         os: ["blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]
 
     steps:
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         os: ["blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]
 
     steps:
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         os: ["blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/Changelog.rst b/Changelog.rst
index aa769e1b..d3e31799 100644
--- a/Changelog.rst
+++ b/Changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,37 @@
  Change history
 ================
 
+.. _version-1.3.0:
+
+1.3.0
+=====
+:release-date: 2 March, 2026
+:release-by: Tomer Nosrati
+
+What's Changed
+==============
+
+Key Highlights
+--------------
+- Dropped Python 3.8 support.
+- Added Python 3.14 support.
+- Reverted :pypi:`pycurl` removal to match celery/kombu v5.6 SQS transport.
+- Made pytest-celery package install configurable in worker Dockerfile.
+- Fixed type annotations in ``CeleryTestCluster``.
+
+Changelog
+---------
+- remove setuptools from dependencies (#464)
+- Shift Python versions (-3.8, +3.14) (#468)
+- Bumping Poetry from v1.8.4 -> v2.2.1 inc. dependencies (`poetry update --with test,dev,ci,docs`) (#469)
+- Install local source in the examples (#458)
+- Use Poetry 1.8.4 in ReadTheDocs (#470)
+- Removed --dist=loadscope (#473)
+- Revert pycurl removal to match celery/kombu v5.6 SQS transport (#474)
+- Make pytest-celery package install configurable in worker Dockerfile (#475)
+- fix(typing): Fix nodes type annotations in CeleryTestCluster (#476)
+- Prepare for release: v1.3.0 (#477)
+
 .. _version-1.2.1:
 
 1.2.1
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ca76d38e..73237066 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 |build-status| |coverage| |license| |semgrep| |pyversion| |pyimp| |ocbackerbadge| |ocsponsorbadge| |poetry|
 
-:Version: 1.2.1
+:Version: 1.3.0
 :Web: https://pytest-celery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 :Download: https://pypi.org/project/pytest-celery/
 :Source: https://github.com/celery/pytest-celery/
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a3ca437d..8f72b07d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
     "pytest_celery",
     __file__,
     project="pytest_celery",
-    version_dev="1.3",
-    version_stable="1.2",
+    version_dev="1.4",
+    version_stable="1.3",
     canonical_url="https://pytest-celery.readthedocs.io/",
     webdomain="pytest-celery.readthedocs.io",
     github_project="celery/pytest-celery",
     author="Tomer Nosrati",
     author_name="Tomer Nosrati",
-    copyright="2025",
+    copyright="2026",
     publisher="Celery Project",
     html_logo="images/celery_512.png",
     html_favicon="images/favicon.ico",
diff --git a/docs/copyright.rst b/docs/copyright.rst
index 157b656b..a1269150 100644
--- a/docs/copyright.rst
+++ b/docs/copyright.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ by Tomer Nosrati
 
 .. |copy| unicode:: U+000A9 .. COPYRIGHT SIGN
 
-Copyright |copy| 2025, Tomer Nosrati.
+Copyright |copy| 2026, Tomer Nosrati.
 
 All rights reserved. This material may be copied or distributed only
 subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the `Creative Commons
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6b4e3e90..cd87f4d9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ description = "Pytest plugin for Celery"
 homepage = "https://github.com/celery/pytest-celery"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 name = "pytest-celery"
-version = "1.2.1"
+version = "1.3.0"
 readme = "README.rst"
 keywords = ["pytest", "celery"]
 
diff --git a/src/pytest_celery/__init__.py b/src/pytest_celery/__init__.py
index 7a765566..1acafa0b 100644
--- a/src/pytest_celery/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pytest_celery/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # flake8: noqa
 
 
-__version__ = "1.2.1"
+__version__ = "1.3.0"
 __author__ = "Tomer Nosrati"
 __contact__ = "tomer.nosrati@gmail.com"
 __homepage__ = "https://pytest-celery.readthedocs.io/"