diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b1e068f9..59f78f937 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   
 	<groupId>io.strimzi</groupId>
 	<artifactId>kafka-bridge</artifactId>
-	<version>0.13.0-RC1</version>
+	<version>0.13.0</version>
 
 	<name>kafka-bridge</name>
 	<description>Apache Kafka bridge</description>
diff --git a/release.version b/release.version
index 5b2eb8b30..54d1a4f2a 100644
--- a/release.version
+++ b/release.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.13.0-RC1
+0.13.0