diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de3857fff..c31a4ccb5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,37 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v4.13.0 - 2024-12-04
+
+**BREAKING CHANGE** JWT Middleware Removed from Core use [labstack/echo-jwt](https://github.com/labstack/echo-jwt) instead
+
+The JWT middleware has been **removed from Echo core** due to another security vulnerability, [CVE-2024-51744](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51744). For more details, refer to issue [#2699](https://github.com/labstack/echo/issues/2699). A drop-in replacement is available in the [labstack/echo-jwt](https://github.com/labstack/echo-jwt) repository.
+
+**Important**: Direct assignments like `token := c.Get("user").(*jwt.Token)` will now cause a panic due to an invalid cast. Update your code accordingly. Replace the current imports from `"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt"` in your handlers to the new middleware version using `"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5"`.
+
+
+Background: 
+
+The version of `golang-jwt/jwt` (v3.2.2) previously used in Echo core has been in an unmaintained state for some time. This is not the first vulnerability affecting this library; earlier issues were addressed in [PR #1946](https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/1946).
+JWT middleware was marked as deprecated in Echo core as of [v4.10.0](https://github.com/labstack/echo/releases/tag/v4.10.0) on 2022-12-27. If you did not notice that, consider leveraging tools like [Staticcheck](https://staticcheck.dev/) to catch such deprecations earlier in you dev/CI flow.  For bonus points - check out [gosec](https://github.com/securego/gosec).
+
+We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by this change. While we strive to maintain backward compatibility within Echo core, recurring security issues with third-party dependencies have forced this decision.
+
+**Enhancements**
+
+* remove jwt middleware by @stevenwhitehead in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2701
+* optimization: struct alignment by @behnambm in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2636
+* bind: Maintain backwards compatibility for map[string]interface{} binding by @thesaltree in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2656
+* Add Go 1.23 to CI by @aldas in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2675
+* improve `MultipartForm` test by @martinyonatann in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2682
+* `bind` : add support of multipart multi files by @martinyonatann in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2684
+* Add TemplateRenderer struct to ease creating renderers for `html/template` and `text/template` packages. by @aldas in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2690
+* Refactor TestBasicAuth to utilize table-driven test format by @ErikOlson in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2688
+* Remove broken header by @aldas in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2705
+* fix(bind body): content-length can be -1 by @phamvinhdat in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2710
+* CORS middleware should compile allowOrigin regexp at creation by @aldas in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2709
+* Shorten Github issue template and add test example by @aldas in https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/2711
+
+
 ## v4.12.0 - 2024-04-15
 
 **Security**
diff --git a/echo.go b/echo.go
index 2d7d5bb8d..aa69b84dc 100644
--- a/echo.go
+++ b/echo.go
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ const (
 
 const (
 	// Version of Echo
-	Version = "4.12.0"
+	Version = "4.13.0"
 	website = "https://echo.labstack.com"
 	// http://patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&f=Small%20Slant&t=Echo
 	banner = `