diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2e361a672..1bfca187e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "projects/pgai": "0.12.1"
+  "projects/pgai": "0.13.0"
 }
diff --git a/projects/pgai/CHANGELOG.md b/projects/pgai/CHANGELOG.md
index f7af831f1..c0248e1e6 100644
--- a/projects/pgai/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/projects/pgai/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.13.0](https://github.com/timescale/pgai/compare/pgai-v0.12.1...pgai-v0.13.0) (2025-12-17)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* implement dynamic max chunks per batch from env variable ([#898](https://github.com/timescale/pgai/issues/898)) ([3e05485](https://github.com/timescale/pgai/commit/3e054856bdc1fc01bf09f5eda60f77488ffd2f94))
+* support postgres 18 ([#884](https://github.com/timescale/pgai/issues/884)) ([f92ffe4](https://github.com/timescale/pgai/commit/f92ffe439c87972d5a85568713acb744ec90b3d4))
+* voyageAI features ([#897](https://github.com/timescale/pgai/issues/897)) ([b2422d7](https://github.com/timescale/pgai/commit/b2422d70e2289b128116ff073b0b13d909404cbf))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* pgai db on pg18 ([#901](https://github.com/timescale/pgai/issues/901)) ([c93d8ce](https://github.com/timescale/pgai/commit/c93d8ce2cec85be261b864346f05e73d7c08f4fa))
+
 ## [0.12.1](https://github.com/timescale/pgai/compare/pgai-v0.12.0...pgai-v0.12.1) (2025-10-13)
 
 
diff --git a/projects/pgai/pgai/__init__.py b/projects/pgai/pgai/__init__.py
index 565a96456..df564202a 100644
--- a/projects/pgai/pgai/__init__.py
+++ b/projects/pgai/pgai/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.12.1"
+__version__ = "0.13.0"
 
 from pgai._install.install import ainstall, install
 
diff --git a/projects/pgai/pgai/data/ai.sql b/projects/pgai/pgai/data/ai.sql
index 2ec67ed9b..26dd78630 100644
--- a/projects/pgai/pgai/data/ai.sql
+++ b/projects/pgai/pgai/data/ai.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- ai 0.12.1 (x-release-please-version)
+-- ai 0.13.0 (x-release-please-version)
 
 
 set local search_path = pg_catalog, pg_temp;