diff --git a/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py b/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py
index 8658b900a..06d8cc5cd 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py
@@ -152,4 +152,4 @@ __all__ = [
     "wrap_file_source",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "1.13.0a2"
+__version__ = "1.13.0rc1"
diff --git a/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml
index 9d833a1b4..69cb9df17 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pytube~=15.0.0",
     "requests~=2.32.5",
     "docker~=7.1.0",
-    "crewai==1.13.0a2",
+    "crewai==1.13.0rc1",
     "tiktoken~=0.8.0",
     "beautifulsoup4~=4.13.4",
     "python-docx~=1.2.0",
diff --git a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py
index ae5ebb477..7ae5e8d29 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py
@@ -309,4 +309,4 @@ __all__ = [
     "ZapierActionTools",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "1.13.0a2"
+__version__ = "1.13.0rc1"
diff --git a/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
index 85687fe77..a40484f04 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tools = [
-    "crewai-tools==1.13.0a2",
+    "crewai-tools==1.13.0rc1",
 ]
 embeddings = [
     "tiktoken~=0.8.0"
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py
index 64331bb24..e87574ab8 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def _suppress_pydantic_deprecation_warnings() -> None:
 
 _suppress_pydantic_deprecation_warnings()
 
-__version__ = "1.13.0a2"
+__version__ = "1.13.0rc1"
 _telemetry_submitted = False
 
 
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
index b347dad9b..36d16228d 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "{{name}} using crewAI"
 authors = [{ name = "Your Name", email = "you@example.com" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.13.0a2"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.13.0rc1"
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
index d5ec889c0..ec5ecd048 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "{{name}} using crewAI"
 authors = [{ name = "Your Name", email = "you@example.com" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.13.0a2"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.13.0rc1"
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
index 8990921a5..09152925f 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "Power up your crews with {{folder_name}}"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.13.0a2"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.13.0rc1"
 ]
 
 [tool.crewai]
diff --git a/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py b/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py
index f76d71095..504fedd1b 100644
--- a/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """CrewAI development tools."""
 
-__version__ = "1.13.0a2"
+__version__ = "1.13.0rc1"