diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 241f7c220d5..df5344821cb 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ config_setting(
 )
 
 # This should be updated along with build.yaml
-g_stands_for = "glorious"
+g_stands_for = "gloriosa"
 
 core_version = "6.0.0-dev"
 
-version = "1.12.0-dev"
+version = "1.13.0-dev"
 
 GPR_PUBLIC_HDRS = [
     "include/grpc/support/alloc.h",
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e64d2efbc4..8db941239ff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 set(PACKAGE_NAME      "grpc")
-set(PACKAGE_VERSION   "1.12.0-dev")
+set(PACKAGE_VERSION   "1.13.0-dev")
 set(PACKAGE_STRING    "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 set(PACKAGE_TARNAME   "${PACKAGE_NAME}-${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 set(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 76fa95b4191..0b2024996d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ Q = @
 endif
 
 CORE_VERSION = 6.0.0-dev
-CPP_VERSION = 1.12.0-dev
-CSHARP_VERSION = 1.12.0-dev
+CPP_VERSION = 1.13.0-dev
+CSHARP_VERSION = 1.13.0-dev
 
 CPPFLAGS_NO_ARCH += $(addprefix -I, $(INCLUDES)) $(addprefix -D, $(DEFINES))
 CPPFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS_NO_ARCH) $(ARCH_FLAGS)
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index c63ca5de5ba..d8df33a3eb9 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ settings:
   '#09': Per-language overrides are possible with (eg) ruby_version tag here
   '#10': See the expand_version.py for all the quirks here
   core_version: 6.0.0-dev
-  g_stands_for: glorious
-  version: 1.12.0-dev
+  g_stands_for: gloriosa
+  version: 1.13.0-dev
 filegroups:
 - name: alts_proto
   headers:
diff --git a/doc/g_stands_for.md b/doc/g_stands_for.md
index ee8a8276448..8b9cf91d3ec 100644
--- a/doc/g_stands_for.md
+++ b/doc/g_stands_for.md
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
-Each version of gRPC gets a new description of what the 'g' stands for, since
-we've never really been able to figure it out.
+'g' stands for something different every gRPC release:
 
-Below is a list of already-used definitions (that should not be repeated in the
-future), and the corresponding version numbers that used them:
-
-- 1.0 'g' stands for 'gRPC'
-- 1.1 'g' stands for 'good'
-- 1.2 'g' stands for 'green'
-- 1.3 'g' stands for 'gentle'
-- 1.4 'g' stands for 'gregarious'
-- 1.6 'g' stands for 'garcia'
-- 1.7 'g' stands for 'gambit'
-- 1.8 'g' stands for 'generous'
-- 1.9 'g' stands for 'glossy'
-- 1.10 'g' stands for 'glamorous'
-- 1.11 'g' stands for 'gorgeous'
-- 1.12 'g' stands for 'glorious'
+- 1.0 'g' stands for ['gRPC'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.0.x)
+- 1.1 'g' stands for ['good'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.1.x)
+- 1.2 'g' stands for ['green'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.2.x)
+- 1.3 'g' stands for ['gentle'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.3.x)
+- 1.4 'g' stands for ['gregarious'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.4.x)
+- 1.6 'g' stands for ['garcia'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.6.x)
+- 1.7 'g' stands for ['gambit'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.7.x)
+- 1.8 'g' stands for ['generous'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.8.x)
+- 1.9 'g' stands for ['glossy'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.9.x)
+- 1.10 'g' stands for ['glamorous'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.10.x)
+- 1.11 'g' stands for ['gorgeous'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.11.x)
+- 1.12 'g' stands for ['glorious'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/v1.12.x)
+- 1.13 'g' stands for ['gloriosa'](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/master)
diff --git a/gRPC-C++.podspec b/gRPC-C++.podspec
index 990b0a4f9d1..f673dd69dc7 100644
--- a/gRPC-C++.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-C++.podspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-C++'
   # TODO (mxyan): use version that match gRPC version when pod is stabilized
-  # version = '1.12.0-dev'
+  # version = '1.13.0-dev'
   version = '0.0.2'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'gRPC C++ library'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.license  = 'Apache License, Version 2.0'
   s.authors  = { 'The gRPC contributors' => 'grpc-packages@google.com' }
 
-  grpc_version = '1.12.0-dev'
+  grpc_version = '1.13.0-dev'
 
   s.source = {
     :git => 'https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git',
diff --git a/gRPC-Core.podspec b/gRPC-Core.podspec
index a1e0fd2ca1a..49ad7ef6d6a 100644
--- a/gRPC-Core.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-Core.podspec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-Core'
-  version = '1.12.0-dev'
+  version = '1.13.0-dev'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'Core cross-platform gRPC library, written in C'
   s.homepage = 'https://grpc.io'
diff --git a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
index e98dee4a3c8..17e650c2642 100644
--- a/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-ProtoRPC.podspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-ProtoRPC'
-  version = '1.12.0-dev'
+  version = '1.13.0-dev'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'RPC library for Protocol Buffers, based on gRPC'
   s.homepage = 'https://grpc.io'
diff --git a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
index 3bba14b695e..b9288afd806 100644
--- a/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
+++ b/gRPC-RxLibrary.podspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC-RxLibrary'
-  version = '1.12.0-dev'
+  version = '1.13.0-dev'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'Reactive Extensions library for iOS/OSX.'
   s.homepage = 'https://grpc.io'
diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index bf73ffd22e6..afc4581091d 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name     = 'gRPC'
-  version = '1.12.0-dev'
+  version = '1.13.0-dev'
   s.version  = version
   s.summary  = 'gRPC client library for iOS/OSX'
   s.homepage = 'https://grpc.io'
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index b9cb22b647c..7dcfa302ae2 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
  <date>2018-01-19</date>
  <time>16:06:07</time>
  <version>
-  <release>1.12.0dev</release>
-  <api>1.12.0dev</api>
+  <release>1.13.0dev</release>
+  <api>1.13.0dev</api>
  </version>
  <stability>
   <release>beta</release>
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc b/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc
index a712e10037d..306b7c395ea 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/version.cc
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 
 const char* grpc_version_string(void) { return "6.0.0-dev"; }
 
-const char* grpc_g_stands_for(void) { return "glorious"; }
+const char* grpc_g_stands_for(void) { return "gloriosa"; }
diff --git a/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc b/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc
index d669ea21a9e..54cd2076ec0 100644
--- a/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/common/version_cc.cc
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 #include <grpcpp/grpcpp.h>
 
 namespace grpc {
-grpc::string Version() { return "1.12.0-dev"; }
+grpc::string Version() { return "1.13.0-dev"; }
 }  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.csproj.include b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.csproj.include
index 6e28c11df27..f5d63b77f05 100755
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.csproj.include
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.csproj.include
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- This file is generated -->
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <GrpcCsharpVersion>1.12.0-dev</GrpcCsharpVersion>
+    <GrpcCsharpVersion>1.13.0-dev</GrpcCsharpVersion>
     <GoogleProtobufVersion>3.5.1</GoogleProtobufVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/VersionInfo.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/VersionInfo.cs
index 06a0396c348..87edddae3fc 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/VersionInfo.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/VersionInfo.cs
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
         /// <summary>
         /// Current <c>AssemblyFileVersion</c> of gRPC C# assemblies
         /// </summary>
-        public const string CurrentAssemblyFileVersion = "1.12.0.0";
+        public const string CurrentAssemblyFileVersion = "1.13.0.0";
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Current version of gRPC C#
         /// </summary>
-        public const string CurrentVersion = "1.12.0-dev";
+        public const string CurrentVersion = "1.13.0-dev";
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat b/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat
index 0d657486976..924d7b16974 100755
--- a/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat
+++ b/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.bat
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 
 @rem Current package versions
-set VERSION=1.12.0-dev
+set VERSION=1.13.0-dev
 
 @rem Adjust the location of nuget.exe
 set NUGET=C:\nuget\nuget.exe
diff --git a/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.sh b/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.sh
index 66aba360891..5c73a8f95fd 100755
--- a/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.sh
+++ b/src/csharp/build_packages_dotnetcli.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dotnet pack --configuration Release Grpc.Auth --output ../../../artifacts
 dotnet pack --configuration Release Grpc.HealthCheck --output ../../../artifacts
 dotnet pack --configuration Release Grpc.Reflection --output ../../../artifacts
 
-nuget pack Grpc.nuspec -Version "1.12.0-dev" -OutputDirectory ../../artifacts
-nuget pack Grpc.Tools.nuspec -Version "1.12.0-dev" -OutputDirectory ../../artifacts
+nuget pack Grpc.nuspec -Version "1.13.0-dev" -OutputDirectory ../../artifacts
+nuget pack Grpc.Tools.nuspec -Version "1.13.0-dev" -OutputDirectory ../../artifacts
 
 (cd ../../artifacts && zip csharp_nugets_dotnetcli.zip *.nupkg)
diff --git a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
index f06312bea95..515dc917d1a 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
+++ b/src/objective-c/!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin.podspec
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   # exclamation mark ensures that other "regular" pods will be able to find it as it'll be installed
   # before them.
   s.name     = '!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin'
-  v = '1.12.0-dev'
+  v = '1.13.0-dev'
   s.version  = v
   s.summary  = 'The gRPC ProtoC plugin generates Objective-C files from .proto services.'
   s.description = <<-DESC
diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/version.h b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/version.h
index 1298e7e1913..6fe4a7d051e 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/version.h
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/version.h
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 // instead. This file can be regenerated from the template by running
 // `tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh`.
 
-#define GRPC_OBJC_VERSION_STRING @"1.12.0-dev"
+#define GRPC_OBJC_VERSION_STRING @"1.13.0-dev"
diff --git a/src/objective-c/tests/version.h b/src/objective-c/tests/version.h
index d36545fced6..e9637099d9f 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/tests/version.h
+++ b/src/objective-c/tests/version.h
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 // instead. This file can be regenerated from the template by running
 // `tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh`.
 
-#define GRPC_OBJC_VERSION_STRING @"1.12.0-dev"
+#define GRPC_OBJC_VERSION_STRING @"1.13.0-dev"
 #define GRPC_C_VERSION_STRING @"6.0.0-dev"
diff --git a/src/php/composer.json b/src/php/composer.json
index 57d911db790..03dffb40ab8 100644
--- a/src/php/composer.json
+++ b/src/php/composer.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "grpc/grpc-dev",
   "description": "gRPC library for PHP - for Developement use only",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "1.12.0",
+  "version": "1.13.0",
   "require": {
     "php": ">=5.5.0",
     "google/protobuf": "^v3.3.0"
diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h b/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h
index 37df2768bfe..407d6347e6b 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/version.h
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 #ifndef VERSION_H
 #define VERSION_H
 
-#define PHP_GRPC_VERSION "1.12.0dev"
+#define PHP_GRPC_VERSION "1.13.0dev"
 
 #endif /* VERSION_H */
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_grpcio_metadata.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_grpcio_metadata.py
index cb5da72f1fe..ad53f60ad36 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_grpcio_metadata.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_grpcio_metadata.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_grpcio_metadata.py.template`!!!
 
-__version__ = """1.12.0.dev0"""
+__version__ = """1.13.0.dev0"""
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py
index de5a780abdc..57dc26dbeb7 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.12.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.13.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py
index afcd316e5cb..ba0d4a3b6de 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_health_checking/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.12.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.13.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py
index 824b73201d2..ea2878d9ee4 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_reflection/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.12.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.13.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_version.py
index 5b1f4c4cc0f..02f19f22830 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.12.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.13.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py b/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py
index 382f95018ef..9d2e41644e1 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/src/python/grpcio_tests/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.12.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.13.0.dev0'
diff --git a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb
index 2cb7c4be53a..15f375100a2 100644
--- a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/version.rb
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 
 # GRPC contains the General RPC module.
 module GRPC
-  VERSION = '1.12.0.dev'
+  VERSION = '1.13.0.dev'
 end
diff --git a/src/ruby/tools/version.rb b/src/ruby/tools/version.rb
index 822f70eb0ac..09d5c826747 100644
--- a/src/ruby/tools/version.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/tools/version.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
 module GRPC
   module Tools
-    VERSION = '1.12.0.dev'
+    VERSION = '1.13.0.dev'
   end
 end
diff --git a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py
index e71f836f6d4..f0367e2af42 100644
--- a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py
+++ b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # AUTO-GENERATED FROM `$REPO_ROOT/templates/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_version.py.template`!!!
 
-VERSION = '1.12.0.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.13.0.dev0'
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
index 22f225ec549..884eabb956b 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "GRPC C++"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.12.0-dev
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.13.0-dev
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
index 63d238d741d..66796bae57d 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.c++.internal
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "GRPC C++"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.12.0-dev
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.13.0-dev
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a