diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 173043031e2..fb0f2880eb0 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -318,3 +318,17 @@ pull_request_rules:
         labels:
           - "backport"
         title: "[{{ destination_branch }}] {{ title }} (backport #{{ number }})"
+  - name: backport patches to 8.13 branch
+    conditions:
+      - merged
+      - base=main
+      - label=backport-8.13
+    actions:
+      backport:
+        assignees:
+          - "{{ author }}"
+        branches:
+          - "8.13"
+        labels:
+          - "backport"
+        title: "[{{ destination_branch }}] {{ title }} (backport #{{ number }})"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 7b32b7b3575..7de561ebddf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // tag::list[]
+* <<release-notes-8.13>>
 * <<release-notes-8.12>>
 * <<release-notes-8.11>>
 * <<release-notes-8.10>>
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 
 // tag::includes[]
 include::./changelogs/head.asciidoc[]
+include::./changelogs/8.13.asciidoc[]
 include::./changelogs/8.12.asciidoc[]
 include::./changelogs/8.11.asciidoc[]
 include::./changelogs/8.10.asciidoc[]
diff --git a/changelogs/8.13.asciidoc b/changelogs/8.13.asciidoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6bb901cbff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/8.13.asciidoc
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[[release-notes-8.13]]
+== APM version 8.13
+
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.12\...8.13[View commits]
+
+* <<release-notes-8.13.0>>
+
+[float]
+[[release-notes-8.13.0]]
+=== APM version 8.13.0
+
+[float]
+==== Breaking Changes
+
+[float]
+==== Bug fixes
+
+[float]
+==== Deprecations
+
+[float]
+==== Intake API Changes
+
+[float]
+==== Added
+- map OTel's `span.Status: Unset` to `event.outcome: success` instead of `event.outcome: unknown`
+- Add support for Otel code.stacktrace {pull}12096[12096]
+- `http.request.body.bytes` now reports the bytes read from request body even if Content-Length is -1 {pull}12451[12451]
+- Use `messaging.system` and `messaging.operation` to detect OTel messaging span for transactions {pull}12506[12506]
+- Add support for OTel data stream routing by parsing `data_stream.dataset` and `data_stream.namespace` from: (from lowest to highest precedence) resource attributes, instrumentation scope attributes, and signal-level attributes. This is a breaking change only for users relying on the existing `data_stream` attributes being stored as labels. {pull}12578[12578]
+- Map OTel transaction `elastic.profiler_stack_trace_ids` attribute {pull}12493[12493]
diff --git a/changelogs/head.asciidoc b/changelogs/head.asciidoc
index 9f127999d7d..d54a7013e6f 100644
--- a/changelogs/head.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/head.asciidoc
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 [[release-notes-head]]
 == APM version HEAD
 
-https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.12\...main[View commits]
+https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.13\...main[View commits]
 
 [float]
 ==== Breaking Changes
 
-[float]
-==== Bug fixes
-
 [float]
 ==== Deprecations
 
@@ -17,9 +14,3 @@ https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.12\...main[View commits]
 
 [float]
 ==== Added
-- map OTel's `span.Status: Unset` to `event.outcome: success` instead of `event.outcome: unknown`
-- Add support for Otel code.stacktrace {pull}12096[12096]
-- `http.request.body.bytes` now reports the bytes read from request body even if Content-Length is -1 {pull}12451[12451]
-- Use `messaging.system` and `messaging.operation` to detect OTel messaging span for transactions {pull}12506[12506]
-- Add support for OTel data stream routing by parsing `data_stream.dataset` and `data_stream.namespace` from: (from lowest to highest precedence) resource attributes, instrumentation scope attributes, and signal-level attributes. This is a breaking change only for users relying on the existing `data_stream` attributes being stored as labels. {pull}12578[12578]
-- Map OTel transaction `elastic.profiler_stack_trace_ids` attribute {pull}12493[12493]
diff --git a/cmd/intake-receiver/version.go b/cmd/intake-receiver/version.go
index bddb4af2de5..7b4c8aa6075 100644
--- a/cmd/intake-receiver/version.go
+++ b/cmd/intake-receiver/version.go
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 package main
 
 // version matches the APM Server's version
-const version = "8.13.0"
+const version = "8.14.0"
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index e9b837e114b..fdde5cd026d 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 package version
 
 // Version holds the APM Server version.
-const Version = "8.13.0"
+const Version = "8.14.0"