diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 252875cfc..a1c7f934c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,33 +1,46 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-1.3.0a3 (2023-12-07)
+1.3.0a4 (2023-01-04)
 --------------------
 
 Features
 
-* Add ``ProfileMapping`` for Vertica by @perttus in #540 and #688
-* Add ``ProfileMapping`` for Snowflake encrypted private key path by @ivanstillfront in #608
-* Add support for Snowflake encrypted private key environment variable by @DanMawdsleyBA in #649
-* Add ``DbtDocsGCSOperator`` for uploading dbt docs to GCS by @jbandoro in #616
+* Add new parsing method ``LoadMode.DBT_LS_FILE`` by @woogakoki in #733, as `documented here <https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/configuration/parsing-methods.html#dbt-ls-file>`_.
 * Add support to select using (some) graph operators when using ``LoadMode.CUSTOM`` and ``LoadMode.DBT_MANIFEST`` by @tatiana in #728
-* Add cosmos/propagate_logs Airflow config support for disabling log pr… by @agreenburg in #648
+* Add support for dbt ``selector`` arg for DAG parsing by @jbandoro in #755, `more info here <https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/configuration/render-config.html#render-config>`_.
+* Add ``ProfileMapping`` for Vertica by @perttus in #540, #688 and #741, as `documented here <https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/profiles/VerticaUserPassword.html>`_.
+* Add ``ProfileMapping`` for Snowflake encrypted private key path by @ivanstillfront in #608, as `documented here <https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/profiles/SnowflakeEncryptedPrivateKeyFilePem.html>`_.
+* Add support for Snowflake encrypted private key environment variable by @DanMawdsleyBA in #649
+* Add ``DbtDocsGCSOperator`` for uploading dbt docs to GCS by @jbandoro in #616, `more info here <https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/configuration/generating-docs.html#upload-to-gcs>`_.
+* Add cosmos/propagate_logs Airflow config support for disabling log propagation by @agreenburg in #648, `as described in the documentation <https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/configuration/logging.html>`_.
 * Add operator_args ``full_refresh`` as a templated field by @joppevos in #623
-* Expose environment variables and dbt variables in ``ProjectConfig`` by @jbandoro in #735
+* Expose environment variables and dbt variables in ``ProjectConfig`` by @jbandoro in #735, `as illustrated in the documentation <https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/configuration/project-config.html#project-config-example>`_.
+* Support disabling event tracking when using Cosmos profile mapping by @jbandoro in #768, `documented here <https://astronomer.github.io/astronomer-cosmos/profiles/index.html#disabling-dbt-event-tracking>`_.
 
 Enhancements
 
 * Make Pydantic an optional dependency by @pixie79 in #736
 * Create a symbolic link to ``dbt_packages`` when ``dbt_deps`` is False when using ``LoadMode.DBT_LS`` by @DanMawdsleyBA in #730
-* Support no ``profile_config`` for ``ExecutionMode.KUBERNETES`` and ``ExecutionMode.DOCKER`` by @MrBones757 and @tatiana in #681 and #731
 * Add ``aws_session_token`` for Athena mapping by @benjamin-awd in #663
+* Retrieve temporary credentials from ``conn_id`` for Athena by @octiva in #758
+* Extend ``DbtDocsLocalOperator`` with static flag by @joppevos  in #759
+
+Bug fixes
+
+* Remove Pydantic upper version restriction so Cosmos can be used with Airflow 2.8 by @jlaneve in #772
 
 Others
 
 * Replace flake8 for Ruff by @joppevos in #743
 * Reduce code complexity to 8 by @joppevos in #738
-* Update conflict matrix between Airflow and dbt versions by @tatiana in #731
 * Speed up integration tests by @jbandoro in #732
+* Fix README quickstart link in by @RNHTTR in #776
+* Add package location to work with hatchling 1.19.0 by @jbandoro in #761
+* Fix type check error in ``DbtKubernetesBaseOperator.build_env_args`` by @jbandoro in #766
+* Improve ``DBT_MANIFEST`` documentation by @dwreeves in #757
+* Update conflict matrix between Airflow and dbt versions by @tatiana in #731 and #779
+* pre-commit updates in #775, #770, #762
 
 
 1.2.5 (2023-11-23)
diff --git a/cosmos/__init__.py b/cosmos/__init__.py
index 2d3c2f6ac..79ce32005 100644
--- a/cosmos/__init__.py
+++ b/cosmos/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Contains dags, task groups, and operators.
 """
-__version__ = "1.3.0a3"
+__version__ = "1.3.0a4"
 
 
 from cosmos.airflow.dag import DbtDag