diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 9cb19a3..9081874 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <property name="IMPL_TITLE_SMILE" value="Jackson Binary format (aka Smile) handling functionality" />
     <property name="IMPL_TITLE_MRBEAN" value="Jackson Bean Materializer (aka Mr. Bean)" />
 
-    <property name="IMPL_VERSION" value="1.9.12" />
+    <property name="IMPL_VERSION" value="1.9.13" />
     <property name="IMPL_VENDOR" value="http://fasterxml.com" />
 
     <patternset id="dist-all-source-files">
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 36333ad..c7f4c9f 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-Version: 1.9.12
-Release date: 25-Jan-2013
-Description:
+Version: 1.9.13
+Release date: xx-xxx-2013
 
-  Another patch release for 1.9.
+Another patch release for 1.9.
+
+Fixes:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+=== History: ===
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.9.12 (25-Jan-2013)
 
 Fixes:
 
@@ -18,10 +25,6 @@
 * [Issue#42]: NPE in UTF-32 parser
  (reported by James R)
 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-=== History: ===
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 1.9.11 (06-Nov-2012)
 
 Fixes: