diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0bfb4ae3..62bed0dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.13.0rc0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner-sqlalchemy/compare/v1.12.0...v1.13.0rc0) (2025-06-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Introduce compatibility with native namespace packages ([#375](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner-sqlalchemy/issues/375)) ([052e699](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner-sqlalchemy/commit/052e699f82a795def518f4f0a32039e1c68174a0))
+
 ## [1.12.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner-sqlalchemy/compare/v1.11.1...v1.12.0) (2025-06-02)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/sqlalchemy_spanner/version.py b/google/cloud/sqlalchemy_spanner/version.py
index ecbccc60..bf483fe1 100644
--- a/google/cloud/sqlalchemy_spanner/version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/sqlalchemy_spanner/version.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 # https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
 
-__version__ = "1.12.0"
+__version__ = "1.13.0rc0"