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-  "apiv2": "1.2.0"
+  "apiv2": "1.3.0"
 }
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diff --git a/apiv2/CHANGELOG.md b/apiv2/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.3.0](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/compare/apiv2-v1.2.0...apiv2-v1.3.0) (2024-10-04)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Align v1 and v2 schemas better ([#277](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/issues/277)) ([2286dac](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/commit/2286dacd613c7ef29a157e6151cf8fb886c8a5da))
+* support importing s3 files into the v2 database ([#275](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/issues/275)) ([f04e5f3](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/commit/f04e5f3df2482f8d8a630628cd8154f3e487a998))
+* track gain and mdoc files alongside runs ([#280](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/issues/280)) ([483eee8](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/commit/483eee815a94903898e70c0d776af82e91440782))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Date fields on tomograms are net-new so they need to be nullable. ([#301](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/issues/301)) ([cf8d2e0](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/commit/cf8d2e0b97da7f0fb7a4ef28319e75f83ea1a9d1))
+* make sure bool comparators don't require int input. ([#278](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/issues/278)) ([991d9fa](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/commit/991d9fadfe622268083d39628be3a0ea8eb456e3))
+* Make sure we're using DB connection pools properly. ([#285](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/issues/285)) ([169f8d8](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/commit/169f8d8429c452954f9e3f69acfb9542c9ac1335))
+* schema changes to support synthetic datasets. ([#282](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/issues/282)) ([dfa24c0](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/commit/dfa24c0e4d65287edb98b5fb0fd677f42b89dad7))
+* support filtering entities by related object id's ([#296](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/issues/296)) ([6879a79](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/commit/6879a7930e9b44d5be1b94c64545e710c883e1e5))
+* Update sync script to sync missing fields. ([#281](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/issues/281)) ([c4b7f81](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/commit/c4b7f8169765e668cfd05962443e66730fdc92c7))
+* workaround for docker compose bugs. ([#295](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/issues/295)) ([78daec3](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/commit/78daec360edaf6aad763dbd3f63f99098683dd2a))
+
 ## [1.2.0](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/compare/apiv2-v1.1.0...apiv2-v1.2.0) (2024-09-11)