diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a8a8ba508df126c0af56f37daa5fe7e94a976875..896e2aee13aff5506249910ead3deb2fb339b645 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build new docker image
         if: env.GIT_DIFF
-        run: docker build --no-cache . -t nfcore/hic:1.2.2
+        run: docker build --no-cache . -t nfcore/hic:dev
 
       - name: Pull docker image
         if: ${{ !env.GIT_DIFF }}
         run: |
           docker pull nfcore/hic:dev
-          docker tag nfcore/hic:dev nfcore/hic:1.2.2
+          docker tag nfcore/hic:dev nfcore/hic:dev
 
       - name: Install Nextflow
         run: |
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 201b5c94015b12cbcc1c7b4198246dbf7e49cb31..91e28401a534e78bc561b53df1762fcc7b7c4242 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## v1.2.3dev
+## v1.3dev
 
 * Template update for nf-core/tools v1.11
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 70ba2d7b13acc7835c8d4bfd3ba0022b336350e9..ea66370a7577c7870fd4cdf1013e40d29a5d867b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ COPY environment.yml /
 RUN conda env create --quiet -f /environment.yml && conda clean -a
 
 # Add conda installation dir to PATH (instead of doing 'conda activate')
-ENV PATH /opt/conda/envs/nf-core-hic-1.2.2/bin:$PATH
+ENV PATH /opt/conda/envs/nf-core-hic-1.3dev/bin:$PATH
 
 # Dump the details of the installed packages to a file for posterity
-RUN conda env export --name nf-core-hic-1.2.2 > nf-core-hic-1.2.2.yml
+RUN conda env export --name nf-core-hic-1.3dev > nf-core-hic-1.3dev.yml
 
 # Instruct R processes to use these empty files instead of clashing with a local version
 RUN touch .Rprofile
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index ccca9c3d12e94380287c1be0f9f34ca9813890ae..2caba8e666c012485556b6c8db2da5b8c2c7b9a7 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # You can use this file to create a conda environment for this pipeline:
 #   conda env create -f environment.yml
-name: nf-core-hic-1.2.2
+name: nf-core-hic-1.3dev
 channels:
   - conda-forge
   - bioconda
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 341e2a52fda6ba43db1a497be24b7d6643be6c7b..2cc0c226b80b5a06a810124c0a849768e949385a 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ params {
 
 // Container slug. Stable releases should specify release tag!
 // Developmental code should specify :dev
-process.container = 'nfcore/hic:1.2.2'
+process.container = 'nfcore/hic:dev'
 
 // Load base.config by default for all pipelines
 includeConfig 'conf/base.config'
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ manifest {
   description = 'Analysis of Chromosome Conformation Capture data (Hi-C)'
   mainScript = 'main.nf'
   nextflowVersion = '>=19.10.0'
-  version = '1.2.2'
+  version = '1.3dev'
 }
 
 // Function to ensure that resource requirements don't go beyond