diff --git a/.ci/Jenkinsfile b/.ci/Jenkinsfile
index a4aaf47baf..679b7647ff 100644
--- a/.ci/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/.ci/Jenkinsfile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pipeline {
     string(name: 'SLACK_CHANNEL', defaultValue: 'observablt-bots', description: 'The Slack channel(s) where errors will be posted. For multiple channels, use a comma-separated list of channels')
     string(name: 'ELASTIC_AGENT_DOWNLOAD_URL', defaultValue: '', description: 'If present, it will override the download URL for the Elastic agent artifact. (I.e. https://snapshots.elastic.co/8.0.0-59098054/downloads/beats/elastic-agent/elastic-agent-8.0.0-SNAPSHOT-linux-x86_64.tar.gz')
     string(name: 'BEAT_VERSION', defaultValue: '8.0.0-SNAPSHOT', description: 'SemVer version of the Beat to be used for the tests. You can use here the tag of your PR to test your changes')
-    string(name: 'ELASTIC_AGENT_STALE_VERSION', defaultValue: '7.11-SNAPSHOT', description: 'SemVer version of the stale stand-alone elastic-agent to be used for Fleet upgrade tests.')
+    string(name: 'ELASTIC_AGENT_STALE_VERSION', defaultValue: '7.13-SNAPSHOT', description: 'SemVer version of the stale stand-alone elastic-agent to be used for Fleet upgrade tests.')
     booleanParam(name: "BEATS_USE_CI_SNAPSHOTS", defaultValue: false, description: "If it's needed to use the binary snapshots produced by Beats CI instead of the official releases")
     choice(name: 'LOG_LEVEL', choices: ['DEBUG', 'TRACE', 'INFO'], description: 'Log level to be used')
     choice(name: 'TIMEOUT_FACTOR', choices: ['5', '3', '7', '11'], description: 'Max number of minutes for timeout backoff strategies')
diff --git a/internal/common/defaults.go b/internal/common/defaults.go
index bf43f6d20a..1c15cf1c97 100644
--- a/internal/common/defaults.go
+++ b/internal/common/defaults.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var AgentVersion = AgentVersionBase
 
 // AgentStaleVersion is the version of the agent to use as a base during upgrade
 // It can be overriden by ELASTIC_AGENT_STALE_VERSION env var. Using latest GA as a default.
-var AgentStaleVersion = "7.11-SNAPSHOT"
+var AgentStaleVersion = "7.13-SNAPSHOT"
 
 // StackVersion is the version of the stack to use
 // It can be overriden by STACK_VERSION env var