diff --git a/doc/news.rst b/doc/news.rst
index 2d87cdb..0fabdee 100644
--- a/doc/news.rst
+++ b/doc/news.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ Release News
 ============
 This describes the latest changes between the PySDL2 releases.
 
-0.9.13 (Unreleased)
--------------------
+0.9.13
+------
+
+Released on 2022-07-26.
 
 New Features:
 
diff --git a/sdl2/__init__.py b/sdl2/__init__.py
index eb8874e..6b3a9e0 100644
--- a/sdl2/__init__.py
+++ b/sdl2/__init__.py
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@
 _SDL_SetMainReady = _bind("SDL_SetMainReady")
 _SDL_SetMainReady()
 
-__version__ = "0.9.12"
-version_info = (0, 9, 12)
+__version__ = "0.9.13"
+version_info = (0, 9, 13)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 677892c..adf5e65 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,19 +2,12 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import re
-# from distutils.core import setup
 from setuptools import setup
 
-VERSION = "0.9.12"
+VERSION = "0.9.13"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
-    if "--format=msi" in sys.argv or "bdist_msi" in sys.argv:
-        # hack the version name to a format msi doesn't have trouble with
-        VERSION = VERSION.replace("-alpha", "a")
-        VERSION = VERSION.replace("-beta", "b")
-        VERSION = VERSION.replace("-rc", "r")
-
     fname = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "README.md")
     with open(fname, "r") as readme:
         long_desc = readme.read()