diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e3a13a..a226891 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The following should be present on the target system
 | matrix_synapse_dh_path | "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/tls/{{ matrix_server_name }}.dh" |
 | matrix_synapse_baseurl | "https://{{ matrix_server_name }}" |
 | matrix_synapse_signing_key_path | "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/ssl/{{ matrix_server_name }}.signing.key" |
-| matrix_synapse_version | "v1.12.4" |
+| matrix_synapse_version | "v1.13.0" |
 | matrix_synapse_log_days_keep | 14 |
 | matrix_synapse_deployment_method | pip | Either pip or docker [¹](#footnote_1) |
 | matrix_synapse_supervision_method | systemd | Either systemd, runit or docker [¹](#footnote_1) |
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 162c447..e95ca13 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ matrix_synapse_secrets_path: "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/secrets"
 matrix_synapse_dh_path: "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/tls/{{ matrix_server_name }}.dh"
 matrix_synapse_baseurl: "https://{{ matrix_server_name }}"
 matrix_synapse_signing_key_path: "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/tls/{{ matrix_server_name }}.signing.key"
-matrix_synapse_version: "v1.12.4"
+matrix_synapse_version: "v1.13.0"
 matrix_synapse_log_dir: "/var/log/matrix_synapse"
 matrix_synapse_log_days_keep: 14
 matrix_synapse_pid_file: "{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/synapse.pid"