diff --git a/doc/release/1.13.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.13.0-notes.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a7e4fe1a80e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release/1.13.0-notes.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+NumPy 1.13.0 Release Notes
+**************************
+
+This release supports Python 2.7 and 3.4 - 3.6.
+
+Highlights
+==========
+
+
+Dropped Support
+===============
+
+
+Build System Changes
+====================
+
+
+Future Changes
+==============
+
+
+Compatibility notes
+===================
+
+DeprecationWarning to error
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+FutureWarning to changed behavior
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+C API
+~~~~~
+
+
+New Features
+============
+
+
+Improvements
+============
+
+
+Changes
+=======
+
+
+Deprecations
+============
+
diff --git a/doc/source/release.rst b/doc/source/release.rst
index 1de3faaa4594..48370eacd688 100644
--- a/doc/source/release.rst
+++ b/doc/source/release.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Release Notes
 *************
 
+.. include:: ../release/1.13.0-notes.rst
 .. include:: ../release/1.12.0-notes.rst
 .. include:: ../release/1.11.2-notes.rst
 .. include:: ../release/1.11.1-notes.rst
diff --git a/pavement.py b/pavement.py
index 0940d7159d57..a6072a9979c2 100644
--- a/pavement.py
+++ b/pavement.py
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@
 #-----------------------------------
 
 # Source of the release notes
-RELEASE_NOTES = 'doc/release/1.12.0-notes.rst'
+RELEASE_NOTES = 'doc/release/1.13.0-notes.rst'
 
 # Start/end of the log (from git)
-LOG_START = 'maintenance/1.11.x'
+LOG_START = 'maintenance/1.12.x'
 LOG_END = 'master'
 
 
@@ -150,10 +150,7 @@
 if sys.platform =="darwin":
     WINDOWS_PYTHON = {
         "3.4": ["wine", os.environ['HOME'] + "/.wine/drive_c/Python34/python.exe"],
-        "3.3": ["wine", os.environ['HOME'] + "/.wine/drive_c/Python33/python.exe"],
-        "3.2": ["wine", os.environ['HOME'] + "/.wine/drive_c/Python32/python.exe"],
         "2.7": ["wine", os.environ['HOME'] + "/.wine/drive_c/Python27/python.exe"],
-        "2.6": ["wine", os.environ['HOME'] + "/.wine/drive_c/Python26/python.exe"],
     }
     WINDOWS_ENV = os.environ
     WINDOWS_ENV["DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH"] = "/usr/X11/lib:/usr/lib"
@@ -161,10 +158,7 @@
 elif sys.platform == "win32":
     WINDOWS_PYTHON = {
         "3.4": ["C:\Python34\python.exe"],
-        "3.3": ["C:\Python33\python.exe"],
-        "3.2": ["C:\Python32\python.exe"],
         "2.7": ["C:\Python27\python.exe"],
-        "2.6": ["C:\Python26\python.exe"],
     }
     # XXX: find out which env variable is necessary to avoid the pb with python
     # 2.6 and random module when importing tempfile
@@ -173,10 +167,7 @@
 else:
     WINDOWS_PYTHON = {
         "3.4": ["wine", os.environ['HOME'] + "/.wine/drive_c/Python34/python.exe"],
-        "3.3": ["wine", os.environ['HOME'] + "/.wine/drive_c/Python33/python.exe"],
-        "3.2": ["wine", os.environ['HOME'] + "/.wine/drive_c/Python32/python.exe"],
         "2.7": ["wine", os.environ['HOME'] + "/.wine/drive_c/Python27/python.exe"],
-        "2.6": ["wine", os.environ['HOME'] + "/.wine/drive_c/Python26/python.exe"],
     }
     WINDOWS_ENV = os.environ
     MAKENSIS = ["wine", "makensis"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7f2b24572b6d..b6e144562a80 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 Programming Language :: Python :: 3
 Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
 Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
 Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
 Topic :: Software Development
 Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@
 """
 
 MAJOR               = 1
-MINOR               = 12
+MINOR               = 13
 MICRO               = 0
 ISRELEASED          = False
 VERSION             = '%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)