diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 1f2427b8f..e82f2c050 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import com.eed3si9n.jarjarabrams.ModuleCoordinate
 // ThisBuild settings take lower precedence,
 // but can be shared across the multi projects.
 ThisBuild / version := {
-  val v = "2.0.0-RC9-bin-SNAPSHOT"
+  val v = "2.0.0-RC13-bin-SNAPSHOT"
   nightlyVersion.getOrElse(v)
 }
+// update sbt.sh at root
+ThisBuild / Utils.sbtnVersion := "2.0.0-RC13"
 ThisBuild / versionScheme := Some("early-semver")
 ThisBuild / scalafmtOnCompile := !(Global / insideCI).value
 ThisBuild / Test / scalafmtOnCompile := !(Global / insideCI).value
diff --git a/launcher-package/build.sbt b/launcher-package/build.sbt
index 33a605a6e..84e74ea93 100755
--- a/launcher-package/build.sbt
+++ b/launcher-package/build.sbt
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ val sbtLaunchJarUrl = SettingKey[String]("sbt-launch-jar-url")
 val sbtLaunchJarLocation = SettingKey[File]("sbt-launch-jar-location")
 val sbtLaunchJar = TaskKey[File]("sbt-launch-jar", "Resolves SBT launch jar")
 val moduleID = (organization) apply { (o) => ModuleID(o, "sbt", sbtVersionToRelease) }
-val sbtnVersion = SettingKey[String]("sbtn-version")
 val sbtnJarsMappings = TaskKey[Seq[(File, String)]]("sbtn-jars-mappings", "Resolves sbtn JARs")
 val sbtnJarsBaseUrl = SettingKey[String]("sbtn-jars-base-url")
 
@@ -144,12 +143,10 @@ val launcherPackage = (project in file("."))
       // TODO - GPG Trust validation.
       file
     },
-    // update sbt.sh at root
-    sbtnVersion := "1.12.1",
     sbtnJarsBaseUrl := "https://github.com/sbt/sbtn-dist/releases/download",
     sbtnJarsMappings := {
       val baseUrl = sbtnJarsBaseUrl.value
-      val v = sbtnVersion.value
+      val v = Utils.sbtnVersion.value
       val macosUniversalImageTar = s"sbtn-$universalMacPlatform-$v.tar.gz"
       val linuxX86ImageTar = s"sbtn-$x86LinuxPlatform-$v.tar.gz"
       val linuxAarch64ImageTar = s"sbtn-$aarch64LinuxPlatform-$v.tar.gz"
diff --git a/project/Utils.scala b/project/Utils.scala
index 9c7113268..270f16fd8 100644
--- a/project/Utils.scala
+++ b/project/Utils.scala
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ object Utils {
   val componentID: SettingKey[Option[String]] = settingKey[Option[String]]("")
   val scalaKeywords: TaskKey[Set[String]] = taskKey[Set[String]]("")
   val generateKeywords: TaskKey[File] = taskKey[File]("")
+  val sbtnVersion = SettingKey[String]("sbtn-version")
 
   lazy val noPublish = Seq(
     publish := {},
diff --git a/sbt b/sbt
index 3631d4ead..7f10695c0 100755
--- a/sbt
+++ b/sbt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ declare use_sbtn=
 declare use_jvm_client=
 declare no_server=
 declare sbtn_command="$SBTN_CMD"
-declare sbtn_version="1.12.5"
+declare sbtn_version="2.0.0-RC13"
 declare use_colors=1
 declare is_this_dir_sbt=""
 declare hide_jdk_warnings=1