diff --git a/geoviews/package-lock.json b/geoviews/package-lock.json
index 288d1337..cbfce494 100644
--- a/geoviews/package-lock.json
+++ b/geoviews/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@holoviz/geoviews",
-  "version": "1.12.0",
+  "version": "1.13.0-rc.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@holoviz/geoviews",
-      "version": "1.12.0",
+      "version": "1.13.0-rc.1",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "@bokeh/bokehjs": "~3.5.0",
diff --git a/geoviews/package.json b/geoviews/package.json
index 025742c4..479316fb 100644
--- a/geoviews/package.json
+++ b/geoviews/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@holoviz/geoviews",
-  "version": "1.12.0",
+  "version": "1.13.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Simple, concise geographical visualization in Python",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "repository": {