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@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ What's New
 
 These are new features and improvements of note in each release.
 
+.. include:: whatsnew/v0.13.1.rst
 .. include:: whatsnew/v0.13.0.rst
 .. include:: whatsnew/v0.12.0.rst
 .. include:: whatsnew/v0.11.2.rst
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.13.1.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.13.1.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+.. _whatsnew_0_13_1:
+
+
+v0.13.1 (Anticipated September, 2025)
+-------------------------------------
+
+Breaking Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Deprecations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Enhancements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Documentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Testing
+~~~~~~~
+
+
+Benchmarking
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Requirements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Maintenance
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+