diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 6c95e06929..9c53bef82c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ on:
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
   # This is the version of polkadot we'll run our PR tests against:
-  POLKADOT_URL: https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/download/v0.9.12/polkadot
+  POLKADOT_URL: https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/download/v0.9.13-rc1/polkadot
 
 jobs:
   build: