diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ae31da11..54d1a4f2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-99.9.9
+0.13.0
diff --git a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
index e362df01..63ce2fbe 100644
--- a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Kustomization
 
 images:
 - name: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-image-updater
-  newTag: latest
+  newTag: v0.13.0
 
 resources:
 - ./config
diff --git a/manifests/install.yaml b/manifests/install.yaml
index b65b12bd..58535e42 100644
--- a/manifests/install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/install.yaml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ spec:
               key: kube.events
               name: argocd-image-updater-config
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-image-updater:latest
+        image: quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-image-updater:v0.13.0
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet: