diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9bc0158e9ae5b1b257996a48db6ee5fcdadffde6..c56503290fc4f7d4b97c8bb5e741614341fb9f11 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+1.8.13
+======
+   - Use tre-view toplevel path of the cursor, if available, in order to 
+   prevent jumping (Bug #16024)
+   - Increase vertical gap between icon and its label slightly (Bug #16041)
+   - Fix crash when inserting USB device in tree-view  mode. (Bug #15172)
+   - Fix jump to Home when ejecting a currently viewed device (Bug #16504)
+   - Allow context menu when editing location in pathbar (Bug #16483)
+   - Sort device entries in tree view (Bug #16471)
+   - Allow to open multiple files at once (Bug #2487)
+   - Fix incorrect pathbar autocomplete (Bug #16267)
+   - Avoid unreadable names in detailed view (Bug #16391)
+   - Prevent crash when renaming files (Bug #10805)
+- Translation Updates:
+  Belarusian, Croatian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, 
+  Malay, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), 
+
 1.8.12
 ======
 - NULL is the proper sentinel for g_object_new() (Bug #16310)
diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 70fd54840237ea62621558ff48a62921dd2371e5..161e8eaecbe9b61e904513187e4a6d49ab5085db 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ m4_define([thunarx_verinfo], [0:0:0])
 m4_define([thunarx_version_api], [3])
 m4_define([thunar_version_major], [1])
 m4_define([thunar_version_minor], [8])
-m4_define([thunar_version_micro], [12])
+m4_define([thunar_version_micro], [13])
 m4_define([thunar_version_nano], [])
 m4_define([thunar_version_build], [@REVISION@])
-m4_define([thunar_version_tag], [git])
+m4_define([thunar_version_tag], [])
 m4_define([thunar_version], [thunar_version_major().thunar_version_minor().thunar_version_micro()ifelse(thunar_version_nano(), [], [], [.thunar_version_nano()])ifelse(thunar_version_tag(), [git], [thunar_version_tag()-thunar_version_build()], [thunar_version_tag()])])
 
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