diff --git a/.github/actions/e2e_verify/action.yml b/.github/actions/e2e_verify/action.yml
index 4085174d4..371d2932f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/e2e_verify/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/e2e_verify/action.yml
@@ -90,11 +90,6 @@ runs:
         COSIGN_PASSWORD: ${{ inputs.cosignPassword }}
         COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ inputs.cosignPrivateKey }}
       run: |
-        if constellation version | head -n 1 | grep "v2.12.0" > /dev/null
-        then
-          exit 0
-        fi
-
         for file in $(ls snp-report-*.json); do
           path=$(realpath "${file}")
           cat "${path}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-release.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-release.yml
index 136d64758..681a340d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-release.yml
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 1
       matrix:
-        fromVersion: ["v2.12.0"]
+        fromVersion: ["v2.13.0"]
         cloudProvider: ["gcp", "azure", "aws"]
     name: Run upgrade tests
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-weekly.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-weekly.yml
index 773ed3e76..02661cfc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-weekly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-weekly.yml
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 1
       matrix:
-        fromVersion: ["v2.12.0"]
+        fromVersion: ["v2.13.0"]
         cloudProvider: ["gcp", "azure", "aws"]
     name: Run upgrade tests
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 5ec5d1ec3..2432e3ae1 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.13.0-pre
+v2.14.0-pre