diff --git a/.changeset/pre.json b/.changeset/pre.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a08e3452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pre.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "livekit-api": [
+    "c1-feature.md"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py b/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
index 10aa336c..1348897e 100644
--- a/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
+++ b/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.2.3"
+__version__ = "1.3.0.rc1"