diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index bef90f76c..cd51fda4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: |
             ${{ matrix.group == 'storage' && '3.10' ||
+             github.ref == 'refs/heads/release' && '3.13' ||
                 '3.12'
                 }}
 
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.13"
       - run: |
           python -m pip install -U uv
           uv pip install --system coverage[toml]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 45046a182..4f562a66b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 
 [project]
 name = "lamindb"
-requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.13"
+requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 authors = [{name = "Lamin Labs", email = "open-source@lamin.ai"}]
 readme = "README.md"
 dynamic = ["version", "description"]
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
 ]
 dependencies = [
     # Lamin PINNED packages