diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0f9a258de99ba559d280fc5ace74a3f111a9e30e..8845e4070c685230a99958fbebd9377238df32de 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -113,15 +113,8 @@ unittest_py3.13:
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: test
   needs: [ ]
-  image: python:3.13-rc
-  script:
-    # TODO: Replace by '*python_test_script' as soon as 3.13 has been officially released.
-    # Python docker has problems with tox and pip so use plain pytest here
-    - apt update && apt install -y cargo
-    - touch ~/.pylinkahead.ini
-    - pip install pynose pytest pytest-cov jsonschema>=4.4.0 setuptools
-    - pip install .
-    - python -m pytest unittests
+  image: python:3.13
+  script: *python_test_script
 
 # Trigger building of server image and integration tests
 trigger_build:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b792cc1fd53e5ccfb54b9d0d84ff248a3eb048d..fee4cf8c90b5c55987ad9ba531e7ad5270940a22 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added ###
 
+* Official support for Python 3.13
+
 ### Changed ###
 
 ### Deprecated ###