diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c89bcc0302a6588280f04fbbbe53da7812a9908..c840ffdc9b1ae8d054972823da14e3f28111eb70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.13.0] - 2024-10-24
+
+### Changed
+
+* Update LinkAhead MariaDB Backend to [version
+  8.0.0](https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-mariadbbackend/-/releases/v8.0.0)
+  to make LinkAhead compatible to MariaDB >= 10.6. Old SQL dumps may
+  be incompatible to MariaDB 10.6 and above; see
+  [`update_dumps/README.md`](https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-mariadbbackend/-/blob/main/dump_updates/README.md?ref_type=heads)
+  in the LinkAhead MariaDB Backend repo for more information and a
+  script to update incompatible dumps.
+
 ## [0.12.3] - 2024-09-25
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -83,14 +95,14 @@ sensitive information. See the bug reports for more information.
 * The default behavior of the query `FIND SomeName [...]` (as well as COUNT and SELECT) is being
   made configurable and changes:
   * `FIND SomeName` will be interpreted as `FIND <FIND_QUERY_DEFAULT_ROLE>
-    SomeName` from now on where `FIND_QUERY_DEFAULT_ROLE` is a newly introduced
-    server property.
+	SomeName` from now on where `FIND_QUERY_DEFAULT_ROLE` is a newly introduced
+	server property.
   * The new `FIND_QUERY_DEFAULT_ROLE` server property defaults to `RECORD`
-    which is why the behavior of the server api has a **breaking change**.
+	which is why the behavior of the server api has a **breaking change**.
   * The semantics of `FIND *` are affected as well. `FIND *` is equivalent to
-    `FIND <FIND_QUERY_DEFAULT_ROLE>`.
+	`FIND <FIND_QUERY_DEFAULT_ROLE>`.
   * Of course, administrators can choose to retain the old behavior by setting
-    `FIND_QUERY_DEFAULT_ROLE=ENTITY`.
+	`FIND_QUERY_DEFAULT_ROLE=ENTITY`.
 * CQL now treats `WITH` and `WITH A` equivalently. Issue: [#192](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-server/-/issues/192)
 * The InsertFilesInDir FlagJob now creates File entities without a name.  The previous behavior
   caused severe performance problems for very large numbers of files. Issue: [#197](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-server/-/issues/197)
@@ -296,12 +308,12 @@ process. It is identical to v0.7.1
   "authentication" header.
   Notable limitations of the current implementation of the API:
   * It is currently not possible to mix retrievals
-    (caosdb.entity.v1.RetrieveRequest) with any other transaction type - so
-    transaction are either read-only or write-only. The server throws an error
-    if it finds mixed read/write transactions.
+	(caosdb.entity.v1.RetrieveRequest) with any other transaction type - so
+	transaction are either read-only or write-only. The server throws an error
+	if it finds mixed read/write transactions.
   * It is currently not possible to have more that one query
-    (caosdb.entity.v1.Query) in a single transaction. The server throws an
-    error if it finds more than one query.
+	(caosdb.entity.v1.Query) in a single transaction. The server throws an
+	error if it finds more than one query.
 
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES.md b/DEPENDENCIES.md
index 197af984701d8c522c9e419f27c32c0104501cfe..c509b7544bbb0f40b0da937e62be0e48f5ba217f 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES.md
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## For Building and Running the Server
 
 * `>=caosdb-proto 0.3.0`
-* `>=caosdb-mysqlbackend 7.0.0`
+* `>=caosdb-mysqlbackend 8.0.0`
 * `>=Java 11`
 * `>=Apache Maven 3.6.0`
 * `>=Make 4.2`
diff --git a/conf/core/server.conf b/conf/core/server.conf
index 70648545f2ee8228befb560134e0e0a8530cb208..d2b77af9148893ee4f04b81fc964d255fd168cba 100644
--- a/conf/core/server.conf
+++ b/conf/core/server.conf
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ MYSQL_USER_NAME=caosdb
 # Password for the user
 MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD=random1234
 # Schema of mysql procedures and tables which is required by this CaosDB instance
-MYSQL_SCHEMA_VERSION=v7.0
+MYSQL_SCHEMA_VERSION=v8.0
 
 
 # --------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 351993fed71b425de6045e49bf4a2b4138eda20f..9ddf6a85295b1dceba17a3181f4670f0b9a32833 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.caosdb</groupId>
   <artifactId>caosdb-server</artifactId>
-  <version>0.12.3</version>
+  <version>0.13.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>CaosDB Server</name>
   <scm>
diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index 529b5ff9c4152106b869b2f731b6eafd3e031fbf..cd370a64f68ece74e8f2d0d4393a7f218f53fa80 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ copyright = '2023, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung, Timm Fitschen'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.12.3'
+version = '0.13.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.12.3'
+release = '0.13.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------