diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 8db7f4954..5bea1482b 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pyrit-frontend",
-  "version": "0.12.1-dev.0",
+  "version": "0.13.0-dev.0",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2473ea941..09c477e63 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyrit"
-version = "0.12.1.dev0"
+version = "0.13.0.dev0"
 description = "The Python Risk Identification Tool for LLMs (PyRIT) is a library used to assess the robustness of LLMs"
 authors = [
     { name = "Microsoft AI Red Team", email = "airedteam@microsoft.com" },
diff --git a/pyrit/__init__.py b/pyrit/__init__.py
index 67d12cd91..8c387499a 100644
--- a/pyrit/__init__.py
+++ b/pyrit/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # NOTE: __version__ must be set before imports below to avoid circular import issues.
 # Submodules (e.g., component_identifier, memory_models) reference pyrit.__version__
 # and get imported transitively during the .common import chain.
-__version__ = "0.12.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.13.0.dev0"
 
 from .common import turn_off_transformers_warning  # noqa: F401
 from .show_versions import show_versions  # noqa: F401