diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 799c5ac2..3a004fcc 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "OffsetArrays"
 uuid = "6fe1bfb0-de20-5000-8ca7-80f57d26f881"
-version = "1.12.8"
+version = "1.13.0"
 
 [deps]
 Adapt = "79e6a3ab-5dfb-504d-930d-738a2a938a0e"
diff --git a/src/OffsetArrays.jl b/src/OffsetArrays.jl
index ec446abe..4107d31b 100644
--- a/src/OffsetArrays.jl
+++ b/src/OffsetArrays.jl
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ end
 end
 @inline OffsetArray{T,N,A}(M::A; checkoverflow = false) where {T,N,A<:AbstractArray{T,N}} = OffsetArray{T,N,A}(M, ntuple(zero, Val(N)); checkoverflow = checkoverflow)
 
-Base.convert(::Type{T}, M::AbstractArray) where {T<:OffsetArray} = M isa T ? M : T(M)
+Base.convert(::Type{T}, M::AbstractArray) where {T<:OffsetArray} = M isa T ? M : T(M)::T
 
 @inline AbstractArray{T,N}(M::OffsetArray{S,N}) where {T,S,N} = OffsetArray{T}(M)
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 7cd56bfb..8ce0552e 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -920,6 +920,12 @@ Base.Int(a::WeirdInteger) = a
             end
         end
     end
+
+    @testset "convert" begin
+        m = zeros(1,1)
+        mo = @inferred (x -> convert(OffsetArray{Float64,2,Matrix{Float64}}, x[1]))(Any[m])
+        @test mo == m
+    end
 end
 
 @testset "Axes supplied to constructor correspond to final result" begin