diff --git a/wrappers/numpy/src/__init__.py b/wrappers/numpy/src/__init__.py
index 63772f724..e20b99a0a 100644
--- a/wrappers/numpy/src/__init__.py
+++ b/wrappers/numpy/src/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 from .adios import *
-__version__ = '1.12.0'
+__version__ = '1.13.0'
diff --git a/wrappers/numpy/src_mpi/__init__.py b/wrappers/numpy/src_mpi/__init__.py
index da8759800..0ae911173 100644
--- a/wrappers/numpy/src_mpi/__init__.py
+++ b/wrappers/numpy/src_mpi/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 from .adios_mpi import *
-__version__ = '1.12.0'
+__version__ = '1.13.0'