diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-version-bump.yml b/.github/workflows/check-version-bump.yml
index 676b3cf..d1e9c9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-version-bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-version-bump.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           changed_file "$CHANGELOG_FILE" || { echo "Matching changelog update required in $CHANGELOG_FILE."; exit 1; }
 
           head_version=$(sed -nE 's/.*VERSION\s*=\s*["'"'"']([^"'"'"']+)["'"'"'].*/\1/p' "$VERSION_FILE" | sed -n '1p')
-          CHANGELOG_HEAD=$(sed -nE 's/^## v?([^[:space:]]+).*/\1/p' "$CHANGELOG_FILE" | head -1)
+          CHANGELOG_HEAD=$(sed -nE 's/^## v?\[?([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/p' "$CHANGELOG_FILE" | head -1)
 
           [ -n "$CHANGELOG_HEAD" ] || { echo "::error::Could not find a top changelog heading like '## vX.Y.Z' in $CHANGELOG_FILE."; exit 1; }
           [ "$CHANGELOG_HEAD" = "$head_version" ] || { echo "::error::$CHANGELOG_FILE top version ($CHANGELOG_HEAD) does not match project version ($head_version)."; exit 1; }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3651b82..65a1547 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [1.3.0](https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-utils-ruby/tree/v1.3.0) (2026-06-24)
+## [1.3.0](https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-utils-ruby/tree/v1.3.0) (2026-06-29)
   - Added `ContentstackUtils::Endpoint.get_contentstack_endpoint` for dynamic endpoint resolution based on region and service.
   - Added `ContentstackUtils.get_contentstack_endpoint` as a backward-compatible proxy.
   - Added `ContentstackUtils::Endpoint.refresh_regions` for manual region metadata refresh.
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 4b3e271..fa72329 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    contentstack_utils (1.2.5)
+    contentstack_utils (1.3.0)
       activesupport (>= 7.0, < 8)
       nokogiri (~> 1.19, >= 1.19.2)