diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1ddd49baa35..936298a6639 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9162,8 +9162,9 @@
             "link": true
         },
         "node_modules/amazon-states-language-service": {
-            "version": "1.11.0",
-            "license": "MIT",
+            "version": "1.13.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/amazon-states-language-service/-/amazon-states-language-service-1.13.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-XT/7LL9+TRCB8H3t0kM6h2uivHa7Pn2lZGpvHKujH1MM+lQ7aaprAKrnZkfSk9++VFNbFJBAnKW+5NN2xVcvlA==",
             "dependencies": {
                 "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
                 "vscode-json-languageservice": "5.3.5",
@@ -20046,7 +20047,7 @@
                 "@vscode/debugprotocol": "^1.57.0",
                 "@zip.js/zip.js": "^2.7.41",
                 "adm-zip": "^0.5.10",
-                "amazon-states-language-service": "^1.11.0",
+                "amazon-states-language-service": "^1.13.0",
                 "async-lock": "^1.4.0",
                 "aws-sdk": "^2.1384.0",
                 "aws-ssm-document-language-service": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 0550107f734..9fbabf3a561 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
         "@vscode/debugprotocol": "^1.57.0",
         "@zip.js/zip.js": "^2.7.41",
         "adm-zip": "^0.5.10",
-        "amazon-states-language-service": "^1.11.0",
+        "amazon-states-language-service": "^1.13.0",
         "async-lock": "^1.4.0",
         "aws-sdk": "^2.1384.0",
         "aws-ssm-document-language-service": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/.changes/next-release/Feature-76bb396d-6268-4d24-9373-4c7c0e91cbc4.json b/packages/toolkit/.changes/next-release/Feature-76bb396d-6268-4d24-9373-4c7c0e91cbc4.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76f458362f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/toolkit/.changes/next-release/Feature-76bb396d-6268-4d24-9373-4c7c0e91cbc4.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+	"type": "Feature",
+	"description": "Step Functions: Upgrade amazon-states-language-service to 1.13. This new version adds support for [JSONata and Variables](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/simplifying-developer-experience-with-variables-and-jsonata-in-aws-step-functions/)."
+}