diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index a57783501e48788cb6171ac538d38cfb27c32e53..4060b9ac45f30a3e8192ce11fab0261e02816aac 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.7.13"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.7.13+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9a1af7f0714228845ea86774a90fc03144ac9ffd..7524816bda1b818ad6933d8cb3631043a072d5e0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.7.13
-=============================
+This is Python version 3.7.13+
+==============================
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=3.7
    :alt: CPython build status on Travis CI