diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 417f5bc..e457919 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-2.3.13
+==================================
+* Bug Fixes:
+    - Bug 497596 fix PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES
+    - Bug 635116 is_prelinkable_elf: fix for python3
+    - Bug 635126 file_copy: use sendfile return value to measure bytes copied
+    - Bug 635474 postinst_qa_check: initialize preinst state
+
+
 portage-2.3.12
 ==================================
 * Bug Fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index baa8e1f..a2d10bd 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name = 'portage',
-	version = '2.3.12',
+	version = '2.3.13',
 	url = 'https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage',
 	author = 'Gentoo Portage Development Team',
 	author_email = 'dev-portage@gentoo.org',