diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 77d25a5a..b9b420f9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ NEWS for OpenSC -- History of user visible changes
 Complete change history is available online:
 http://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/timeline
 
-New in 0.13.0; 2012-08-05
+New in 0.13.0; 2012-12-04
 * New card driver ePass2003.
 * OpenPGP card:
   greatly improved card driver and PKCS#15 emulation;
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ New in 0.13.0; 2012-08-05
            support GOSTR3410 generate key mechanism
 * Support of PACE reader.
 * Remove libltdl reference.
+* ECDSA supported by MyEID card
+* New card driver for the SmartCard-HSM, a light-weight hardware security module
 * New useful commands in 'opensc-explorer' tool: 'find', 'put-data', ...
+* fixed SIGV issue due to the unsupported public key format
 * fixes for the number of documentation issues
 
 New in 0.12.2; 2011-07-15
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 01f9649f..8fb12b74 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 define([PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR], [0])
 define([PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR], [13])
 define([PACKAGE_VERSION_FIX], [0])
-define([PACKAGE_SUFFIX], [rc1])
+define([PACKAGE_SUFFIX], [])
 
 AC_INIT([opensc],[PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR.PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR.PACKAGE_VERSION_FIX[]PACKAGE_SUFFIX])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])