diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9386c56605..75f0bb1d44 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Version history:
 ------- -------
+ 2.4.13  19 Apr 2013
+       2.4.13 is a bugfix release. Please see the Changelog for details
  2.4.12  30 Mar 2013
        2.4.12 is a bugfix release. Please see the Changelog for details
  2.4.11  14 Jul 2012
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 342d6d1760..1b9d7305f3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 # Autoconf initialization
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([GnuCash], [2.4.12], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
+AC_INIT([GnuCash], [2.4.13], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/engine/Transaction.h)