diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 80ef3a9..97f433a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+plugin-hostd (0.13.0) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * A configured state_root that does not exist is made at start, as the
+    directories below it already were; an add no longer answers -503 over a
+    missing directory (#180).
+  * plugin-hostd-tests ships one protocol client for shell and Python tests,
+    lib/protocol.sh and lib/plugin_hostd_client.py, and the harness and the
+    verbs test use it (#177).
+  * bench/: a harness that runs the same plugins under omx-clap-host, under
+    plugin-hostd, under mod-host and under jalv, and writes omx-bench/1
+    documents; plan and pool modes, xruns, latency, stress and repeats with
+    their spread (#188).
+  * plugin_hostd_vocabulary.h is rendered by omx-contract 3.4.0, which writes
+    a reply code's number as an OMX_..._RESP define; the build needs
+    libomx-contract-dev 3.4.0 or newer and its check stage the omx-contract
+    command.
+
+ -- Pau Aliagas <linuxnow@gmail.com>  Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0100
+
 plugin-hostd (0.12.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * The verbs the daemon adds are declared in its package of omx-contract's
diff --git a/doc/plugin-hostd-probe.1 b/doc/plugin-hostd-probe.1
index cafb77d..66417da 100644
--- a/doc/plugin-hostd-probe.1
+++ b/doc/plugin-hostd-probe.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PLUGIN\-HOSTD\-PROBE 1 "October 2026" "plugin-hostd 0.12.0" "User Commands"
+.TH PLUGIN\-HOSTD\-PROBE 1 "October 2026" "plugin-hostd 0.13.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 plugin\-hostd\-probe \- run a plugin prober under limits and write what happened
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/plugin-hostd.1 b/doc/plugin-hostd.1
index eb0b7e7..11ec308 100644
--- a/doc/plugin-hostd.1
+++ b/doc/plugin-hostd.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PLUGIN\-HOSTD 1 "October 2026" "plugin-hostd 0.12.0" "User Commands"
+.TH PLUGIN\-HOSTD 1 "October 2026" "plugin-hostd 0.13.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 plugin\-hostd \- supervisor of plugin host processes behind one mod\-host protocol socket
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec b/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec
index cc6b26a..9d1ffb5 100644
--- a/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec
+++ b/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %bcond_without check
 
 Name: plugin-hostd
-Version: 0.12.0
+Version: 0.13.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPL-3.0-or-later
 Summary: Run LV2 and CLAP plugins in a live rig without one crash taking down the show
@@ -147,6 +147,22 @@ make test-daemon check-generated check-rendered
 %{_datadir}/omx-contract/contract.d/3/plugin-hostd/
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 27 2026 Pau Aliagas <linuxnow@gmail.com> - 0.13.0-1
+- A configured state_root that does not exist is made at start, as the
+  directories below it already were; an add no longer answers -503 over a
+  missing directory (#180).
+- plugin-hostd-tests ships one protocol client for shell and Python tests,
+  lib/protocol.sh and lib/plugin_hostd_client.py, and the harness and the
+  verbs test use it (#177).
+- bench/: a harness that runs the same plugins under omx-clap-host, under
+  plugin-hostd, under mod-host and under jalv, and writes omx-bench/1
+  documents; plan and pool modes, xruns, latency, stress and repeats with
+  their spread (#188).
+- plugin_hostd_vocabulary.h is rendered by omx-contract 3.4.0, which writes
+  a reply code's number as an OMX_..._RESP define; the build needs
+  omx-contract-devel 3.4.0 or newer and its check stage the omx-contract
+  command.
+
 * Mon Oct 26 2026 Pau Aliagas <linuxnow@gmail.com> - 0.12.0-1
 - The verbs the daemon adds are declared in its package of omx-contract's
   contract directory, verbs.json beside the format tables: each verb's
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 6bcb53d..a8f1896 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include "verbs.h"
 
 #ifndef VERSION
-#define VERSION "0.12.0"
+#define VERSION "0.13.0"
 #endif
 
 #define SOCKET_DEFAULT_PORT     PHD_DEFAULT_COMMAND_PORT