diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 4bc3bc75b8..a61ed5f210 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 package version
 
 // name matches github.com/elastic/beats/v7/dev-tools/mage/settings.go parseBeatVersion
-const defaultBeatVersion = "8.13.0"
+const defaultBeatVersion = "8.13.1"
 
 // Version represents version information for a package
 type Version struct {