diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52610c69..9eef4b46 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 > This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md) as of **Aug 16, 2014**.
 
+## v2.13.0-RC1 / 2016 Dec 17
+
+```clojure
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.13.0-RC1"]
+```
+
+> This should be a minor, non-breaking release.
+
+* [#85] *Impl*: Lazily create LZ4 instance, fixes issue with Google App Engine
+* *Impl*: Bump 1-byte cacheable types from 5->8
+
 ## v2.12.2 / 2016 Aug 23
 
 ```clojure
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2987aa2..0ab5f8df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 **[CHANGELOG]** | [API] | current [Break Version]:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.2"] ; Please see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.2"]     ; Stable
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.13.0-RC1"] ; Please see CHANGELOG for details
 ```
 
 > Please consider helping to [support my continued open-source Clojure/Script work]? 
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 4033a041..7cc8831b 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.12.2"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.13.0-RC1"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "High-performance serialization library for Clojure"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"