diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4d1c45b6c..f2d7d9308 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   RSPEC_CI: true
   # This tells rspec-rails what branch to run in ci
-  RSPEC_VERSION: '= 3.13.0.pre'
+  RSPEC_VERSION: '~> 3.13.0'
 jobs:
   rubocop:
     name: Rubocop
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index f5599cdc4..50bfd0d27 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ### Development
 [Full Changelog](http://github.com/rspec/rspec-core/compare/v3.12.3...main)
 
+### 3.13.0 / 2024-02-04
+[Full Changelog](http://github.com/rspec/rspec-core/compare/v3.12.3...v3.13.0)
+
 Enhancements:
 
 * Support the `--backtrace` flag when using the JSON formatter. (Matt Larraz, #2980)
diff --git a/lib/rspec/core/version.rb b/lib/rspec/core/version.rb
index f1f63b531..9b938e3ed 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/core/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/core/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Core
     # Version information for RSpec Core.
     module Version
       # Current version of RSpec Core, in semantic versioning format.
-      STRING = '3.13.0.pre'
+      STRING = '3.13.0'
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/maintenance-branch b/maintenance-branch
index ba2906d06..a71b13e28 100644
--- a/maintenance-branch
+++ b/maintenance-branch
@@ -1 +1 @@
-main
+3-13-maintenance
diff --git a/script/clone_all_rspec_repos b/script/clone_all_rspec_repos
index 2cc25f321..43bbb0e40 100755
--- a/script/clone_all_rspec_repos
+++ b/script/clone_all_rspec_repos
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if is_mri; then
   clone_repo "rspec-core"
   clone_repo "rspec-expectations"
   clone_repo "rspec-mocks"
-  clone_repo "rspec-rails"
+  clone_repo "rspec-rails" "6-1-maintenance"
 
   if rspec_support_compatible; then
     clone_repo "rspec-support"