diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0ab6278be..f5c1d3332 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ downloadLicenses {
 
 allprojects {
     group = 'org.neo4j.procedure'
-    version = '5.12.0'
+    version = '5.13.0'
     archivesBaseName = 'apoc'
     description = """neo4j-apoc-procedures"""
 }
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ subprojects {
         // neo4jDockerImage system property is used in TestContainerUtil
         systemProperties 'user.language' : 'en' ,
                 'user.country' : 'US',
-                'neo4jDockerImage' : project.hasProperty("neo4jDockerVersionOverride") ? 'neo4j:' + project.getProperty("neo4jDockerVersionOverride") + '-enterprise-debian' : 'neo4j:5.12.0-enterprise-debian',
-                'neo4jCommunityDockerImage': project.hasProperty("neo4jDockerVersionOverride") ? 'neo4j:' + project.getProperty("neo4jDockerVersionOverride") + '-debian': 'neo4j:5.12.0-debian',
+                'neo4jDockerImage' : project.hasProperty("neo4jDockerVersionOverride") ? 'neo4j:' + project.getProperty("neo4jDockerVersionOverride") + '-enterprise-debian' : 'neo4j:5.13.0-enterprise-debian',
+                'neo4jCommunityDockerImage': project.hasProperty("neo4jDockerVersionOverride") ? 'neo4j:' + project.getProperty("neo4jDockerVersionOverride") + '-debian': 'neo4j:5.13.0-debian',
                 'coreDir': 'core'
 
         maxHeapSize = "5G"
@@ -131,6 +131,6 @@ apply from: "licenses-source-header.gradle"
 
 ext {
     publicDir =  "${project.rootDir}"
-    neo4jVersionEffective = project.hasProperty("neo4jVersionOverride") ? project.getProperty("neo4jVersionOverride") : "5.12.0"
+    neo4jVersionEffective = project.hasProperty("neo4jVersionOverride") ? project.getProperty("neo4jVersionOverride") : "5.13.0"
     testContainersVersion = '1.18.3'
 }
diff --git a/readme.adoc b/readme.adoc
index c3c9b8109..65295fc24 100644
--- a/readme.adoc
+++ b/readme.adoc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 :readme:
-:branch: 5.10
+:branch: 5.13
 :docs: https://neo4j.com/docs/apoc/current
-:apoc-release: 5.12.0
-:neo4j-version: 5.12.0
+:apoc-release: 5.13.0
+:neo4j-version: 5.13.0
 :img: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/neo4j/apoc/dev/images
 
 https://community.neo4j.com[image:https://img.shields.io/discourse/users?logo=discourse&server=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.neo4j.com[Discourse users]]
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ h| Output Return Columns |
 Since APOC relies on Neo4j's internal APIs you need to use the *matching APOC version* for your Neo4j installation.
 Make sure that the *first two version numbers match between Neo4j and APOC*.
 
-Go to https://github.com/neo4j/apoc/releases/{apoc-release}[the latest release] for *Neo4j version {branch}* and download the binary jar to place into your `$NEO4J_HOME/plugins` folder.
+Go to https://github.com/neo4j/apoc/releases/latest[the latest release] for the matching *Neo4j version* and download the binary jar to place into your `$NEO4J_HOME/plugins` folder.
 
 You can find https://github.com/neo4j/apoc/releases/[all releases here].