diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e1663fe913f6ca57f18b6dab5139eea167a417c..5ce153bf50655f48327cd3e697df6a0adaaad3c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [3.13.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.12.0...3.13.0) (2025-02-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add extra CLI options to be passed to semantic-release ([090646b](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/commit/090646b6844932fee4cad9fa05a216f007358b35))
+
 # [3.12.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.11.5...3.12.0) (2025-01-27)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20d94c90d485878f277866ce6cf235678f320c64..cc7ff1d2bead7cd88656f4029ba6133894ca136e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.12.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.13.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       changelog-enabled: true # ⚠ this is only an example
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/semantic-release'
-    ref: '3.12.0'
+    ref: '3.13.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main template
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.12.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel@3.13.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault@3.12.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault@3.13.0
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
index ba9e553b6b82a621d2b1e9c822319c62d99c4c64..f7bf326ae05413765707972a59d42c125e8ea487 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .semrel-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.12.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.13.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
index 48242bcef05a56c9eb5a447c89ad76eea5ea18c4..3d28c55d5a8708994ede071cfc0202f1faf9d57d 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ stages:
   image: $SEMREL_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.12.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.13.0"]
   before_script:
     - !reference [.semrel-scripts]
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"