diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8cf5cd1c9..3d8530a75 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Python 3.11.4 (main, MONTH  DAY YEAR, TIME) [GCC XX.X.X] on linux
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import ngclearn
 >>> ngclearn.__version__
-'1.2b2'
+'1.2b3'
 ```
 
 <i>Note:</i> For access to the previous Tensorflow-2 version of ngc-learn (of
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ $ python install -e .
 </pre>
 
 **Version:**<br>
-1.2.2-Beta <!-- -Alpha -->
+1.2.3-Beta <!-- -Alpha -->
 
 Author:
 Alexander G. Ororbia II<br>
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index 8d5e2013e..cda569a24 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Python 3.11.4 (main, MONTH  DAY YEAR, TIME) [GCC XX.X.X] on linux
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import ngclearn
 >>> ngclearn.__version__
-'1.2b2'
+'1.2b3'
 ```
 
 <i>Note</i>: If you do not have a JSON configuration file in place (see tutorials
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f72e33df9..e1626a45d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "ngclearn"
-version = "1.2.beta2"
+version = "1.2.beta3"
 description = "Simulation software for building and analyzing arbitrary predictive coding, spiking network, and biomimetic neural systems."
 authors = [
   {name = "Alexander Ororbia", email = "ago@cs.rit.edu"},