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name: Bryan Ellis
title: "Cordova CLI 13.0.0 Released!"
categories: announcements
tags: news releases
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We are happy to announce that `cordova@13.0.0` has been released! This is the latest version of the Cordova command-line interface (CLI) used for creating and building Cordova apps.

* [cordova@13.0.0 on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova/v/13.0.0)

**To upgrade a global installation:**

```bash
npm uninstall -g cordova
npm install -g cordova@latest
```

Note: If you are installing Cordova locally in a project (not globally), simply omit the `-g` flag.

## Release Highlights

The most notable changes in this major release include:

* Updated npm dependencies.
* Increased Node.js engine requirement to `>=20.17.0 || >=22.9.0`.
* Removed `telemetry`.

One of the main dependencies that was updated is **cordova-lib**, which for provides the core CLI functionality for managing platforms and plugins, including adding and removing them. Among the breaking changes in this release, the `cordova serve` command has been removed.

We recommend checking out the following blog posts for updates on related packages that also apply to Cordova CLI:

* [Cordova Lib 13.0.0](https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2025/11/05/cordova-lib-13.0.0.html)
* [Cordova Create 6.0.0](https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2025/10/22/cordova-create-6.0.0.html)
* [Cordova Fetch 5.0.0](https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2025/08/29/cordova-fetch-5.0.0.html)
* [Cordova App Hello World 7.0.0](https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2025/08/29/cordova-app-hello-world-7.0.0.html)
* [Cordova Common 6.0.0](https://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2025/08/09/cordova-common-6.0.0.html)

Please report any issues you find by following the [How to File a Bug](https://github.com/apache/cordova#filing-a-bug) guide!

* [Cordova CLI - Issue Tracker](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/issues)
* [Cordova Lib - Issue Tracker](https://github.com/apache/cordova-lib/issues)
* [Cordova Create - Issue Tracker](https://github.com/apache/cordova-create/issues)
* [Cordova Fetch - Issue Tracker](https://github.com/apache/cordova-fetch/issues)
* [Cordova Serve - Issue Tracker](https://github.com/apache/cordova-serve/issues)
* [Cordova Common - Issue Tracker](https://github.com/apache/cordova-common/issues)

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# Changes include:

**Breaking Changes:**

* [GH-678](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/678) feat!: bump dependencies & node engine requirement
* [GH-633](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/633) feat!: remove telemetry feature
* [GH-672](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/672) chore(npm)!: bump various npm packages
* [GH-666](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/666) chore!: bump node requirement & npm dependencies
* [GH-642](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/642) chore!: Prepare for next major

**Fixes:**

* [GH-662](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/662) fix: bump @babel/helpers
* [GH-640](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/640) fix: remove potential error when setting exit code

**Others:**

* [GH-679](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/679) chore: update release audit workflow & license headers
* [GH-677](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/677) chore(deps-dev): bump js-yaml from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1
* [GH-676](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/676) chore(deps): bump glob from 10.4.5 to 10.5.0
* [GH-673](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/673) chore: license headers
* [GH-671](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/671) chore(deps): bump tmp from 0.2.3 to 0.2.4
* [GH-668](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/668) chore(coverage): Move from nyc to c8 for code coverage
* [GH-667](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/667) chore(deps): bump on-headers and compression
* [GH-665](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/665) chore(deps-dev): bump brace-expansion from 1.1.11 to 1.1.12
* [GH-658](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/658) chore(deps): bump systeminformation from 5.22.11 to 5.23.8
* [GH-657](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/657) chore(deps): bump path-to-regexp and express
* [GH-654](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/654) chore(deps): bump cross-spawn from 7.0.3 to 7.0.6
* [GH-655](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/655) chore(ci): Add code scanning & fix dependabot failures
* [GH-646](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/646) chore(deps): bump micromatch from 4.0.7 to 4.0.8
* [GH-652](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/652) chore(deps): bump cookie and express
* [GH-643](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/643) chore: Update dependencies
* [GH-637](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/637) chore(deps): bump express from 4.18.2 to 4.19.2
* [GH-639](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/639) chore(deps): bump tar from 6.2.0 to 6.2.1
* [GH-641](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/641) chore(deps): bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3
* [GH-635](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/635) chore(deps): bump ip from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1
* [GH-631](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/631) chore: Rolled dependencies to the latest non-breaking versions
* [GH-670](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/670) ci: various workflow improvements
* [GH-669](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/669) ci(workflow): update release-audit & license config
* [GH-656](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/656) ci: use apache-rat-action@v1 (tag)
* [GH-638](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/638) ci: update codecov@v4 w/ token
* [GH-636](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/636) ci: update release audit workflow
* [GH-630](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/630) ci(gh-action): add Apache RAT & package license checker workflow
* [GH-554](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/554) doc(create): update default values
* [GH-428](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/428) doc: update `README`.md
* [GH-616](https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/616) doc: update & refactor cli reference