diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a78c3baf9..729278541 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 # Unreleased
 
+- Upgrade Databricks SQL Kernel to 1.3.0.
+
 # 4.7.0 (2026-10-20)
 - Upgrade Databricks SQL Kernel to 1.2.0.
 - Add the kernel-only `enable_geospatial_support` option (default `False`) to return GEOMETRY / GEOGRAPHY values as SRID/WKB objects instead of WKT/EWKT strings.
diff --git a/KERNEL_REV b/KERNEL_REV
index bba7c6af9..124a7df3e 100644
--- a/KERNEL_REV
+++ b/KERNEL_REV
@@ -1 +1 @@
-39ba84f5ab55c2b0bc874fd58a6f9215ee27cb23
+d72c26492ad2fe2385b10eccd02e4ab462eec465
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 57ebb3056..16431e154 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -497,19 +497,19 @@ ssh = ["bcrypt (>=3.1.5)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "databricks-sql-kernel"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 description = "Python bindings for the Databricks SQL Kernel (PyO3)"
 optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 groups = ["main"]
 markers = "extra == \"kernel\""
 files = [
-    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.2.0-cp39-abi3-macosx_10_12_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:3e56f4d20baba6dd4cb17d040db2e3c348fc90173faa48f1e859fe4a18a399df"},
-    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.2.0-cp39-abi3-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:44e272a72f07de2e241eea0eddd699201d2c808ff3c5923b2874712f27731058"},
-    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.2.0-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:dd420a3cfd067718bb280ca3fc8dc6575e618519058389d9176889ab394148da"},
-    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.2.0-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:01fdfe0a622ae08bffa5166bb2e2eac997805245d34d83eadd23b139057006b2"},
-    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.2.0-cp39-abi3-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:ad8ba67c9dea4da7b356cfd2230410c5c8e44a7daa9476e75d8a998efd7150d0"},
-    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:88f5066d8ef44a8d1ab30a2eba350ea27e1d174b99d346c8fcbafc95c3ccf81a"},
+    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.3.0-cp39-abi3-macosx_10_12_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:f13a2d749dfc458c4eca71db51027ac9e3d86e6bfdeb32bd65ca47062227126e"},
+    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.3.0-cp39-abi3-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:f374da38518f3c460a7f3bf9d7cda829c0982e9fd77f9fd79092d2dbeb30e71d"},
+    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.3.0-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:f96cc06ee0b200c645dccb772af073dc71954359bcf5d5dfc5f9727b6d8ac167"},
+    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.3.0-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:0107dc049497e3664ac2ae93badf513d4f66d37200d2517b310bc115c50ee627"},
+    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.3.0-cp39-abi3-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:d9d90b38260101044a2ece07ede7efc9cdc28056e509f9eb0f72927583656512"},
+    {file = "databricks_sql_kernel-1.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:79f29feeec56294e59669e697794f14fc8d1dc71d12f7be3be996d89da81b253"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -2057,4 +2057,4 @@ pyarrow = ["pyarrow", "pyarrow", "pyarrow"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "906a800e5ab8ef821af88a610ad730885cab39b190b09f0e0445e7d1558ad741"
+content-hash = "1da6205bcd14c50da4fa4879d1c38969dcfd7454001450e57342a3936b8fd868"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4dd409c38..e23dfb2de 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ requests-kerberos = {version = "^0.15.0", optional = true}
 # is ``abi3`` with ``Requires-Python: >=3.9`` (built ``abi3-py39``); the
 # dependency remains gated to the connector's Python >= 3.10 support floor.
 #
-# Floor is 1.2.0 (``^1.2.0`` == ``>=1.2.0,<2.0.0``), allowing compatible
+# Floor is 1.3.0 (``^1.3.0`` == ``>=1.3.0,<2.0.0``), allowing compatible
 # 1.x releases while keeping the next major upgrade deliberate. The kernel's
 # pyarrow constraint remains >=23.0.1,<24.
-databricks-sql-kernel = {version = "^1.2.0", optional = true, python = ">=3.10"}
+databricks-sql-kernel = {version = "^1.3.0", optional = true, python = ">=3.10"}
 
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]