diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9b2b008..7e0b8f69 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.13.0 (August 12, 2026)
+* Fixed an append-only bypass where batch node insertion in auditor mode could silently drop a
+  committed value
+* Updated the rand crate to address [RUSTSEC-2026-0097](https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0097.html)
+* Updated the whatsapp-kt-auditor example CLI, including documentation
+* Addressed clippy warnings and errors, including lints introduced by Rust 1.97
+
 ## 0.12.0 (March 4, 2026)
 * Auditing improvements that reduce memory usage and runtime for proof verification
 * Added configurable parallelism for node preloads during insertion and audit proof generation,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9e43729..09e187dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Installation
 Add the following line to the dependencies of your `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```
-akd = "0.12.0"
+akd = "0.13.0"
 ```
 
 ### Minimum Supported Rust Version
diff --git a/akd/Cargo.toml b/akd/Cargo.toml
index fe799dbd..25a421f1 100644
--- a/akd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/akd/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "akd"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.13.0"
 authors = ["akd contributors"]
 description = "An implementation of an auditable key directory"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ tracing_instrument = ["tracing/attributes"]
 
 [dependencies]
 ## Required dependencies ##
-akd_core = { version = "0.12.0", path = "../akd_core", default-features = false, features = [
+akd_core = { version = "0.13.0", path = "../akd_core", default-features = false, features = [
     "vrf",
 ] }
 async-recursion = "1"
diff --git a/akd_core/Cargo.toml b/akd_core/Cargo.toml
index 39d642ab..a4931ad0 100644
--- a/akd_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/akd_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "akd_core"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.13.0"
 authors = ["akd contributors"]
 description = "Core utilities for the akd crate"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index b7073b7e..1b9fa07c 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "examples"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.13.0"
 authors = ["akd contributors"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2021"