diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index 462e04e2a730..603066cebe92 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ github:
         dismiss_stale_reviews: true
         require_code_owner_reviews: true
         required_approving_review_count: 3
+    release/3.13:
+      required_pull_request_reviews:
+        require_code_owner_reviews: true
+        required_approving_review_count: 3
     release/3.12:
       required_pull_request_reviews:
         require_code_owner_reviews: true
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a5bade1350b..a71135306064 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ title: Changelog
 
 ## Table of Contents
 
+- [3.13.0](#3130)
 - [3.12.0](#3120)
 - [3.11.0](#3110)
 - [3.10.0](#3100)
@@ -79,6 +80,83 @@ title: Changelog
 - [0.7.0](#070)
 - [0.6.0](#060)
 
+## 3.13.0
+
+### Deprecation
+
+- change: mark server-info plugin as deprecated [#12244](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12244)
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+- fix: running stale healthchecker when new node count <= 1 [#12118](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12118)
+- fix: release healthchecker on 0 nodes [#12126](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12126)
+- fix: only parse and validate apisix.yaml in cli when startup [#12216](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12216)
+- fix(standalone): API-driven mode does not properly handle consumer schema [#12256](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12256)
+- fix: added restriction for TLSv1.3 cross-SNI session resumption [#12366](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12366)
+- fix: flaky t/admin/filter.t due to url encoding for query params [#12370](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12370)
+- fix(workflow/push-dev-image-on-commit): remove already defined uses [#12365](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12365)
+- fix(workflow): use runners with different architectures instead of QEMU [#12322](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12322)
+- fix: kubernetes service discovery single mode data dump [#12284](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12284)
+- fix: handle consul nil port cases by defaulting to port 80 [#12304](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12304)
+- fix: check if config contains duplicate resources in API-driven standalone mode [#12317](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12317)
+- fix: original key being modified causing cache inconsistency [#12299](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12299)
+- fix: access to the apisix dashboard in dev returns 404 [#12376](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12376)
+
+### Core
+
+- feat(consumer): consumer username allows - in it [#12296](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12296)
+- chore: change log level to debug to avoid unnecessary logs [#12361](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12361)
+- chore: change log level from warn to info for stale batch processor removal [#12297](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12297)
+- feat(standalone): allow more characters in credential_id for API-driven mode [#12295](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12295)
+- feat: add standalone admin api [#12179](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12179)
+- feat: support health checker for stream subsystem [#12180](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12180)
+- feat(standalone): support revision in API-driven standalone mode like etcd [#12214](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12214)
+- feat: add healthcheck for sync configuration [#12200](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12200)
+- perf: compare service discovery nodes by address [#12258](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12258)
+- feat: fill in the metadata of resource schema [#12224](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12224)
+- feat: add embedded apisix dashboard ui [#12276](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12276)
+- feat: add apisix dashboard to dev image [#12369](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12369)
+- feat: add max pending entries option to batch-processor [#12338](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12338)
+- feat(standalone): support JSON format [#12333](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12333)
+- feat: enhance admin api filter [#12291](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12291)
+- feat: add warning for data plane writing to etcd [#12241](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12241)
+- chore: upgrade openresty version to v1.27.1.2 [#12307](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12307)
+- chore: upgrade luarocks version to 3.12.0 [#12305](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12305)
+
+### Plugins
+
+- refactor(ai-proxy): move read_response into ai_driver.request function [#12101](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12101)
+- refactor: mcp server framework implementation [#12168](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12168)
+- feat: add mcp-bridge plugin [#12151](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12151)
+- feat: add lago plugin [#12196](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12196)
+- feat: add headers attribute for loki-logger [#12243](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12243)
+- feat: expose apisix version in prometheus node info metric [#12367](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12367)
+
+## Doc improvements
+
+- docs: update stream proxy doc for proxy_mode and some formatting [#12108](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12108)
+- docs: improve loki-logger plugin docs [#11921](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11921)
+- docs: improve ua-restriction plugin docs [#11956](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11956)
+- docs: improve elasticsearch-logger plugin docs [#11922](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11922)
+- fix file logger example wrong data structure [#12125](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12125)
+- docs: improve limit-req plugin docs [#11873](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11873)
+- docs: improve body-transformer plugin docs [#11856](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11856)
+- docs: update ai-rate-limiting and ai-rag docs [#12107](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12107)
+- docs: improve basic-auth docs and update docs for anonymous consumer [#11859](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11859)
+- docs: improve key-auth docs and update docs for anonymous consumer [#11860](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11860)
+- docs: improve hmac-auth plugin docs and update docs for anonymous consumer [#11867](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11867)
+- docs: improve jwt-auth plugin docs and update docs for anonymous consumer [#11865](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11865)
+- docs: improve request-validation plugin docs [#11853](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11853)
+- docs: update variable in building apisix from source [#11640](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11640)
+- docs: update readme with APISIX AI Gateway product link and MCP feature [#12166](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12166)
+- docs: improve plugin-develop docs [#12242](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12242)
+- docs: fix typo in real-ip.md [#12236](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12236)
+- docs: the configuration type of the WASM plugin can be an object. [#12251](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12251)
+
+## Developer productivity
+
+- feat: support devcontainer for containerized development of APISIX [#11765](https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/11765)
+
 ## 3.12.0
 
 ### Change
diff --git a/apisix/core/version.lua b/apisix/core/version.lua
index ed1ac8d19680..882e228ef615 100644
--- a/apisix/core/version.lua
+++ b/apisix/core/version.lua
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
 -- @module core.version
 
 return {
-    VERSION = "3.12.0"
+    VERSION = "3.13.0"
 }
diff --git a/ci/check_changelog_prs.ts b/ci/check_changelog_prs.ts
index 9a0d1ed369ed..e2cad274d87b 100755
--- a/ci/check_changelog_prs.ts
+++ b/ci/check_changelog_prs.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ const IGNORE_PRS = [
     // 3.11.0
     11463, 11570,
     // 3.12.0
-    11769, 11816, 11881, 11905, 11924, 11926, 11973, 11991, 11992, 11829
+    11769, 11816, 11881, 11905, 11924, 11926, 11973, 11991, 11992, 11829,
+    // 3.13.0
+    9945, 11420, 11765, 12036, 12048, 12057, 12076, 12122, 12123, 12168, 12199, 12218, 12225, 12272, 12277, 12300, 12306, 12329, 12353, 12364, 12375, 12358
 ];
 
 
diff --git a/docs/en/latest/building-apisix.md b/docs/en/latest/building-apisix.md
index 0c52ed9445fd..cf2c2da7ea34 100644
--- a/docs/en/latest/building-apisix.md
+++ b/docs/en/latest/building-apisix.md
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ To build and package APISIX for a specific platform, see [apisix-build-tools](ht
 First of all, we need to specify the branch to be built:
 
 ```shell
-APISIX_BRANCH='release/3.11.0'
-APISIX_VERSION='release/3.12.0'
+APISIX_BRANCH='release/3.13'
 ```
 
 Then, you can run the following command to clone the APISIX source code from Github:
diff --git a/docs/en/latest/config.json b/docs/en/latest/config.json
index cae7cee33988..c8a3a86c3895 100644
--- a/docs/en/latest/config.json
+++ b/docs/en/latest/config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "3.12.0",
+  "version": "3.13.0",
   "sidebar": [
     {
       "type": "category",
diff --git a/docs/zh/latest/building-apisix.md b/docs/zh/latest/building-apisix.md
index 26e1747960fb..2f168b1c9924 100644
--- a/docs/zh/latest/building-apisix.md
+++ b/docs/zh/latest/building-apisix.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
 首先，我们需要指定需要安装的版本`APISIX_VERSION`:
 
 ```shell
-APISIX_BRANCH='release/3.12.0'
+APISIX_BRANCH='release/3.13'
 ```
 
 然后，你可以运行以下命令，从 Github 克隆 APISIX 源码：
diff --git a/docs/zh/latest/config.json b/docs/zh/latest/config.json
index 437e53be802f..717e9687727c 100644
--- a/docs/zh/latest/config.json
+++ b/docs/zh/latest/config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "3.12.0",
+  "version": "3.13.0",
   "sidebar": [
     {
       "type": "category",