diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 590b864b0..5baea0ff7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,16 +1,35 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-1.3.0a1 (2023-10-26)
+1.3.0a2 (2023-11-23)
 --------------------
 
 Features
 
-* Add ``ProfileMapping`` for Vertica by @perttus in #540
+* Add ``ProfileMapping`` for Vertica by @perttus in #540 and #688
 * Add ``ProfileMapping`` for Snowflake encrypted private key path by @ivanstillfront in #608
 * Add ``DbtDocsGCSOperator`` for uploading dbt docs to GCS by @jbandoro in #616
 
 
+1.2.5 (2023-11-23)
+------------------
+
+Bug fixes
+
+* Fix running models that use alias while supporting dbt versions by @binhnq94 in #662
+* Make ``profiles_yml_path`` optional for ``ExecutionMode.DOCKER`` and ``KUBERNETES`` by @MrBones757 in #681
+* Prevent overriding dbt profile fields with profile args of type or method by @jbandoro in #702
+* Fix ``LoadMode.DBT_LS`` fail when dbt outputs ``WarnErrorOptions`` by @adammarples in #692
+* Add support for env vars in ``RenderConfig`` for dbt ls parsing by @jbandoro in #690
+* Add support for ``Kubernetes on_warning_callback`` by @david-mag in #673
+* Fix ``ExecutionConfig.dbt_executable_path`` to use ``default_factory`` by @jbandoro in #678
+
+Others
+
+* Docs fix: example DAG in the README and docs/index by @tatiana in #705
+* Docs improvement: highlight DAG examples in README by @iancmoritz and @jlaneve in #695
+
+
 1.2.4 (2023-11-14)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/cosmos/__init__.py b/cosmos/__init__.py
index f4af1bd63..e87986c65 100644
--- a/cosmos/__init__.py
+++ b/cosmos/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Contains dags, task groups, and operators.
 """
-__version__ = "1.2.4"
+__version__ = "1.3.0a2"
 
 from cosmos.airflow.dag import DbtDag
 from cosmos.airflow.task_group import DbtTaskGroup