diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 79eb937..6c349b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "agent-protocol"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0-rc1"
 dependencies = [
  "protocol",
  "serde",
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bridge-core"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0-rc1"
 dependencies = [
  "agent-protocol",
  "log",
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bridge-runtime"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0-rc1"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "agent-protocol",
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ checksum = "1c133bc6a41be0d194c306b5506d15e6feeea7b1d6604bd3f8310dfb2ca96486"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "client-core"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0-rc1"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "hex",
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "client-ffi"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0-rc1"
 dependencies = [
  "android_logger",
  "client-runtime",
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "client-runtime"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0-rc1"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nostr-transport"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0-rc1"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "log",
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "protocol"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0-rc1"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "hex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eeaa3ec..5405215 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ rust-version = "1.87"
 # agent host's package.json and the release tag (see the cut-release skill).
 # The wire has its own numbers: protocolVersion (phone) and the driver
 # protocol's `v`.
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0-rc1"
 license = "MIT"
 publish = false
 
diff --git a/apps/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/apps/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index be75a79..3a4673a 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/apps/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ android {
         // 12000 for its last 0.12.0): Android refuses to install over that
         // app, and the uninstall it forces drops state no protocol v11 peer
         // can use.
-        versionCode = 4
+        versionCode = 5
         // A release stamps its name from the tag (`-PcodedeckVersion=1.2.3`,
         // or `1.2.3-rc1` for a prerelease); any other build is named after
         // the tree it came from, see devVersionName().
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 392318d..7edd9ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "codedeck-plus",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.3.0-rc1",
   "description": "CodeDeck+ — run coding agents on your machine and drive them from your phone over end-to-end-encrypted Nostr. This manifest holds the one TypeScript package left: the agent host.",
   "scripts": {
     "typecheck": "pnpm -r --no-bail run typecheck",
diff --git a/packages/agent-host/package.json b/packages/agent-host/package.json
index a89275d..b9d45bf 100644
--- a/packages/agent-host/package.json
+++ b/packages/agent-host/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@codedeck/agent-host",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.3.0-rc1",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "description": "CodeDeck+ agent host — the Node sidecar the bridge runs agent SDKs in (Claude Code, OpenCode, DeepSeek Harness), spoken to over the driver protocol on stdio.",