diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index deeeea2ef..83c90c36b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@ Notable changes between releases. Detailed migration notes for storage transitio
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.6.13] — 2026-11-06
+
+Ships everything in 0.6.13-alpha.1, which soaked without regressions, plus the batch-enqueue deadlock fix.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`QueueStorage::rescue_stale_heartbeats_with_dlq`,
+  `rescue_expired_deadlines_with_dlq` and `rescue_expired_callbacks_with_dlq`**
+  take a per-queue predicate and dead-letter exhausted attempts in the rescue
+  transaction. The existing methods keep their behaviour and fail exhausted
+  attempts into `done_entries`.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **One LISTEN connection per runtime, idle polling backoff and bounded claims.** Queue dispatchers share a listener and a runtime-wide claim semaphore (`ClientBuilder::max_concurrent_claims`). Empty queues back off from `poll_interval` to a 2 s cap when notifications are available; poll-only runtimes retain `poll_interval`. Saturated claim waits observe shutdown, and late-starting tasks receive cancellation. Dispatcher exit and worker drain share the timeout. The idle cap stays internal to preserve `QueueConfig` struct literals.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - **Batch enqueues take their lane locks in one order, so they no longer
@@ -23,22 +39,6 @@ Notable changes between releases. Detailed migration notes for storage transitio
   statement order; see "`deadlock detected` while enqueueing" in the
   troubleshooting guide.
 
-## [0.6.13-alpha.1] — 2026-11-05
-
-### Added
-
-- **`QueueStorage::rescue_stale_heartbeats_with_dlq`,
-  `rescue_expired_deadlines_with_dlq` and `rescue_expired_callbacks_with_dlq`**
-  take a per-queue predicate and dead-letter exhausted attempts in the rescue
-  transaction. The existing methods keep their behaviour and fail exhausted
-  attempts into `done_entries`.
-
-### Changed
-
-- **One LISTEN connection per runtime, idle polling backoff and bounded claims.** Queue dispatchers share a listener and a runtime-wide claim semaphore (`ClientBuilder::max_concurrent_claims`). Empty queues back off from `poll_interval` to a 2 s cap when notifications are available; poll-only runtimes retain `poll_interval`. Saturated claim waits observe shutdown, and late-starting tasks receive cancellation. Dispatcher exit and worker drain share the timeout. The idle cap stays internal to preserve `QueueConfig` struct literals.
-
-### Fixed
-
 - **Scheduled, snoozed and retry-after jobs are no longer held back while
   the maintenance leader is overloaded.** The leader backs a maintenance
   branch off for a cooldown after its body repeatedly runs longer than its
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 42187124f..30bd194c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "awa-macros",
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-cli"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "awa-model",
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-macros"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-metrics"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "awa-model",
  "opentelemetry",
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-model"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "awa-macros",
  "blake3",
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-seaorm"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "awa",
  "awa-testing",
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-testing"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "awa-model",
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-ui"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "awa-metrics",
  "awa-model",
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-worker"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e47277ca0..eba7da12b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ members = [
 exclude = ["awa-python", "spike"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 description = "Postgres-native background job queue — transactional enqueue, heartbeat crash recovery, SKIP LOCKED dispatch"
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ categories = ["database", "asynchronous", "web-programming"]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 # Internal crates
-awa-model = { path = "awa-model", version = "0.6.13-alpha.1" }
-awa-macros = { path = "awa-macros", version = "0.6.13-alpha.1" }
-awa-metrics = { path = "awa-metrics", version = "0.6.13-alpha.1" }
-awa-worker = { path = "awa-worker", version = "0.6.13-alpha.1" }
-awa = { path = "awa", version = "0.6.13-alpha.1" }
+awa-model = { path = "awa-model", version = "0.6.13" }
+awa-macros = { path = "awa-macros", version = "0.6.13" }
+awa-metrics = { path = "awa-metrics", version = "0.6.13" }
+awa-worker = { path = "awa-worker", version = "0.6.13" }
+awa = { path = "awa", version = "0.6.13" }
 
 # Database
 sea-orm = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.38", default-features = false, features = ["sqlx-postgres", "runtime-tokio-rustls", "with-chrono", "with-json"] }
diff --git a/awa-cli/Cargo.toml b/awa-cli/Cargo.toml
index 33c8616f2..14f235f7b 100644
--- a/awa-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awa-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 [dependencies]
 awa-model.workspace = true
 awa-worker.workspace = true
-awa-ui = { path = "../awa-ui", version = "0.6.13-alpha.1" }
+awa-ui = { path = "../awa-ui", version = "0.6.13" }
 axum.workspace = true
 sqlx.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ hex.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-awa-testing = { path = "../awa-testing", version = "0.6.13-alpha.1" }
+awa-testing = { path = "../awa-testing", version = "0.6.13" }
 assert_cmd = "2"
diff --git a/awa-cli/pyproject.toml b/awa-cli/pyproject.toml
index a64e8b7fd..7e4f95bbf 100644
--- a/awa-cli/pyproject.toml
+++ b/awa-cli/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "awa-cli"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 description = "CLI for the Awa Postgres-native job queue (migrations, admin, serve)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/awa-python/Cargo.lock b/awa-python/Cargo.lock
index 7767fe6b5..fa27a3b79 100644
--- a/awa-python/Cargo.lock
+++ b/awa-python/Cargo.lock
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-macros"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-metrics"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "awa-model",
  "opentelemetry",
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-model"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "awa-macros",
  "blake3",
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-python"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "awa-model",
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-worker"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "awa-macros",
diff --git a/awa-python/Cargo.toml b/awa-python/Cargo.toml
index 181d8f3c2..373a48e8e 100644
--- a/awa-python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awa-python/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "awa-python"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [lib]
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ default = ["cel"]
 cel = ["awa-model/cel"]
 
 [dependencies]
-awa-model = { path = "../awa-model", version = "0.6.13-alpha.1" }
-awa-worker = { path = "../awa-worker", version = "0.6.13-alpha.1", features = ["__python-bridge"] }
+awa-model = { path = "../awa-model", version = "0.6.13" }
+awa-worker = { path = "../awa-worker", version = "0.6.13", features = ["__python-bridge"] }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.29", features = ["macros", "abi3-py310", "chrono"] }
 pyo3-async-runtimes = { version = "0.29", features = ["tokio-runtime"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "postgres", "chrono", "json"] }
diff --git a/awa-python/pyproject.toml b/awa-python/pyproject.toml
index a9872c7f8..b20fdc21d 100644
--- a/awa-python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/awa-python/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 [project]
 name = "awa-pg"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-version = "0.6.13-alpha.1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 description = "Postgres-native background job queue — Python SDK with async/sync workers, transactional enqueue, and progress tracking. Install awa-pg[ui] to add the bundled web dashboard."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ classifiers = [
 #
 # Kept opt-in so the default `awa-pg` install stays small — workers and
 # producers don't need the ~10 MB UI bundle.
-ui = ["awa-cli==0.6.13-alpha.1"]
+ui = ["awa-cli==0.6.13"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/hardbyte/awa"
diff --git a/awa-python/uv.lock b/awa-python/uv.lock
index 7378a6aea..8b3cbff7a 100644
--- a/awa-python/uv.lock
+++ b/awa-python/uv.lock
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-cli"
-version = "0.6.13a1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 source = { directory = "../awa-cli" }
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awa-pg"
-version = "0.6.13a1"
+version = "0.6.13"
 source = { editable = "." }
 
 [package.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/awa-seaorm/Cargo.toml b/awa-seaorm/Cargo.toml
index 208dfad3d..781c95ab9 100644
--- a/awa-seaorm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awa-seaorm/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ serde_json.workspace = true
 sqlx.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-awa-testing = { path = "../awa-testing", version = "0.6.13-alpha.1" }
+awa-testing = { path = "../awa-testing", version = "0.6.13" }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
diff --git a/awa/Cargo.toml b/awa/Cargo.toml
index 4f0ae480d..437cb057b 100644
--- a/awa/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awa/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ awa-macros.workspace = true
 awa-worker.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-awa-testing = { path = "../awa-testing", version = "0.6.13-alpha.1" }
+awa-testing = { path = "../awa-testing", version = "0.6.13" }
 sqlx.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true