diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 9c931db..c278d48 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # gitea version
-gitea_version: '1.13.4'
+gitea_version: '1.13.5'
 gitea_version_check: true
 gitea_dl_url: "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/download/v{{ gitea_version }}/gitea-{{ gitea_version }}-linux-{{ gitea_arch }}"
 gitea_gpg_key: '7C9E68152594688862D62AF62D9AE806EC1592E2'
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index bb77064..217afb2 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ gitea_go_arch_map:
 
 gitea_arch: "{{ gitea_go_arch_map[ansible_architecture] | default(ansible_architecture) }}"
 
-playbook_version_number: 5  # should be int
+playbook_version_number: 6  # should be int
 playbook_version_path: 'do1jlr.gitea.version'