diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/6.8.13.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/6.8.13.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d2e77c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/6.8.13.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[[eshadoop-6.8.13]]
+== Elasticsearch for Apache Hadoop version 6.8.13
+
+ES-Hadoop 6.8.13 is a version compatibility release,
+tested specifically against Elasticsearch 6.8.13.
diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
index cd4522918..28c2e645e 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 [[release-notes-6]]
 ===== 6.x
 
+* <<eshadoop-6.8.13>>
 * <<eshadoop-6.8.12>>
 * <<eshadoop-6.8.11>>
 * <<eshadoop-6.8.10>>
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ http://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-hadoop/issues/XXX[#XXX]
 
 ////////////////////////
 
+include::release-notes/6.8.13.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/6.8.12.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/6.8.11.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/6.8.10.adoc[]