diff --git a/api/submariner/v1alpha1/versions.go b/api/submariner/v1alpha1/versions.go
index 3ef0a8f6b..2ccb4e9d1 100644
--- a/api/submariner/v1alpha1/versions.go
+++ b/api/submariner/v1alpha1/versions.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package v1alpha1
 
 var (
 	DefaultRepo                      = "quay.io/submariner"
-	DefaultSubmarinerOperatorVersion = "0.13.0-rc1"
-	DefaultSubmarinerVersion         = "0.13.0-rc1"
-	DefaultLighthouseVersion         = "0.13.0-rc1"
+	DefaultSubmarinerOperatorVersion = "0.13.0-rc2"
+	DefaultSubmarinerVersion         = "0.13.0-rc2"
+	DefaultLighthouseVersion         = "0.13.0-rc2"
 )
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1c70bd81d..6c32a49ea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2
 	github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.13.0-rc2
 	github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.13.0-rc2
-	github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.13.0-rc1
+	github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.13.0-rc2
 	github.com/uw-labs/lichen v0.1.7
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7
 	k8s.io/api v0.23.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d962d8974..a00275624 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1263,14 +1263,12 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1 h1:5TQK59W5E3v0r2duFAb7P95B6hEeOyEnHRa8MjYSMTY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.13.0-rc1/go.mod h1:QbVZm8IaW5ojTu+Qk8XLvThFeWM7Dj00w0mT91nTDjQ=
 github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.13.0-rc2 h1:NvVUdgL1Zt/gzyXp4GcZheWJejtf2oiogWZ7qiKZa7I=
 github.com/submariner-io/admiral v0.13.0-rc2/go.mod h1:ZRuSTYk6P8+TU8cUQLF8mqDHUZdcjSrAQNMwajbkbd4=
-github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.13.0-rc1/go.mod h1:QC3tq6LKRCaavN3/pGw/QqSVIsVJKA9rbmNueihTydE=
 github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.13.0-rc2 h1:cHFBXss6BFd6OCOnPhysnufeztu8C7NsJtYX4QjLNqU=
 github.com/submariner-io/shipyard v0.13.0-rc2/go.mod h1:QC3tq6LKRCaavN3/pGw/QqSVIsVJKA9rbmNueihTydE=
-github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.13.0-rc1 h1:h/sVH+s0D66kbsyovH9rAe9ypMVSiHzFgaDd0Nl92Nk=
-github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.13.0-rc1/go.mod h1:UCkqWSjr4mO0yS2fdDC0ZOajAPRb4n/4HfSV2jtoGZ4=
+github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.13.0-rc2 h1:tA3iVK8HqA3ELxQfqhFq23EHD+O3Qj1cHK7b1CIVEsU=
+github.com/submariner-io/submariner v0.13.0-rc2/go.mod h1:IMUpo7fH5Yjfh7iVLgUMJXYI507/BeJolO2Go+ronXo=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20170704070218-db04d3cc01c8/go.mod h1:hkRG7XYTFWNJGYcbNJQlaLq0fg1yr4J4t/NcTQtrfww=
 github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20200815063812-42c35b437635/go.mod h1:hkRG7XYTFWNJGYcbNJQlaLq0fg1yr4J4t/NcTQtrfww=