diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/ninja/ninja_1.12.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/ninja/ninja_1.13.0.bb
similarity index 71%
rename from meta/recipes-devtools/ninja/ninja_1.12.1.bb
rename to meta/recipes-devtools/ninja/ninja_1.13.0.bb
index 5aff82edec..a5fa8f1c9e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/ninja/ninja_1.12.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/ninja/ninja_1.13.0.bb
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 SUMMARY = "Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed."
 HOMEPAGE = "https://ninja-build.org/"
-DESCRIPTION = "Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed. It differs from other build systems in two major respects: it is designed to have its input files generated by a higher-level build system, and it is designed to run builds as fast as possible."
+DESCRIPTION = "Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed. \
+It differs from other build systems in two major respects: \
+it is designed to have its input files generated by a higher-level build system, \
+and it is designed to run builds as fast as possible."
+
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a81586a64ad4e476c791cda7e2f2c52e"
 
 DEPENDS = "re2c-native ninja-native"
 
-SRCREV = "2daa09ba270b0a43e1929d29b073348aa985dfaa"
+SRCREV = "b4d51f6ed5bed09dd2b70324df0d9cb4ecad2638"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git;branch=release;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git;branch=release;protocol=https;tag=v${PV}"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "v(?P<pver>.*)"
 
 do_configure[noexec] = "1"