diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 495836040b..fb0bd1716d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 OpenLDAP 2.6 Change Log
 
+OpenLDAP 2.6.13 Engineering
+
 OpenLDAP 2.6.12 Release (2026/01/29)
 	Fixed libldap to reject empty types in LDIF (ITS#10429)
 	Fixed libldap to not scroll past nul bytes (ITS#10430)
diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var
index 8078b2237a..11707af692 100644
--- a/build/version.var
+++ b/build/version.var
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ol_package=OpenLDAP
 ol_major=2
 ol_minor=6
-ol_patch=12
+ol_patch=X
 ol_api_inc=20612
 ol_api_current=2
 ol_api_revision=200