diff --git a/go/def.bzl b/go/def.bzl
index 45fe20cc45..24c5cc5611 100644
--- a/go/def.bzl
+++ b/go/def.bzl
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ load(
 
 # Current version or next version to be tagged. Gazelle and other tools may
 # check this to determine compatibility.
-RULES_GO_VERSION = "0.12.0"
+RULES_GO_VERSION = "0.13.0"
 
 GoLibrary = _GoLibrary
 """See go/providers.rst#GoLibrary for full documentation."""