diff --git a/speech_recognition/__init__.py b/speech_recognition/__init__.py
index f7c19f11..e73f2ffd 100644
--- a/speech_recognition/__init__.py
+++ b/speech_recognition/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 )
 
 __author__ = "Anthony Zhang (Uberi)"
-__version__ = "3.12.0"
+__version__ = "3.13.0"
 __license__ = "BSD"