diff --git a/csv/pom.xml b/csv/pom.xml
index 2bc0df77..7e4a3a6a 100644
--- a/csv/pom.xml
+++ b/csv/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-dataformat-CSV</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b335c04..96807c95 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson dataformats: Text</name>
-  <version>2.12.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for Jackson text-based dataformats (as opposed to binary).
   </description>
diff --git a/properties/pom.xml b/properties/pom.xml
index 96a75762..2f70dfc6 100644
--- a/properties/pom.xml
+++ b/properties/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-properties</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-dataformat-Properties</name>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index a6d72017..f4861d95 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Modules:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.13.0 (not yet released)
+
+No changes since 2.12
+
 2.12.1 (08-Jan-2021)
 
 No changes since 2.12.0
diff --git a/yaml/pom.xml b/yaml/pom.xml
index ddc87eeb..8196a451 100644
--- a/yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/yaml/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.13.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>