diff --git a/docs/source/releasenotes.rst b/docs/source/releasenotes.rst
index 41b5be050..67a451939 100644
--- a/docs/source/releasenotes.rst
+++ b/docs/source/releasenotes.rst
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ Latest versions
 - **Security:** Bump ``soupsieve`` ≥2.8.4 (HIGH — memory exhaustion via large
   comma-separated selector lists, CVE-2026-49476) in the root and ``rpaframework``
   lock files.
+- ``rpaframework``: Require ``rpaframework-core`` ≥13.0.2. The floor was still
+  ``>=13.0.0``, so a fresh install could resolve an older core without the Windows
+  locator fixes that ``RPA.Windows`` relies on.
 
 - ``rpaframework-core`` **13.0.2**
-- ``rpaframework`` **33.0.0**
+- ``rpaframework`` **33.0.1**
 
 `Released <https://pypi.org/project/rpaframework/#history>`_
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
diff --git a/packages/main/pyproject.toml b/packages/main/pyproject.toml
index 164060506..0548c6c9a 100644
--- a/packages/main/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/main/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "rpaframework"
-version = "33.0.0"
+version = "33.0.1"
 description = "A collection of tools and libraries for RPA"
 authors = [{name = "RPA Framework", email = "rpafw@robocorp.com"}]
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 dependencies = [
 	"docutils>=0.21.2",
-	"rpaframework-core>=13.0.0",
+	"rpaframework-core>=13.0.2",
 	"rpaframework-pdf>=11.0.0",
 	"rpaframework-windows>=11.0.0; sys_platform == 'win32'",
 	"java-access-bridge-wrapper>=1.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/main/uv.lock b/packages/main/uv.lock
index 3b6148770..e4790ae5b 100644
--- a/packages/main/uv.lock
+++ b/packages/main/uv.lock
@@ -2119,7 +2119,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rpaframework"
-version = "33.0.0"
+version = "33.0.1"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "beautifulsoup4" },
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "robotframework-sapguilibrary", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'", specifier = ">=1.1" },
     { name = "robotframework-seleniumlibrary", specifier = ">=6.7.1" },
     { name = "robotframework-seleniumtestability", specifier = ">=2.0.0" },
-    { name = "rpaframework-core", specifier = ">=13.0.0" },
+    { name = "rpaframework-core", specifier = ">=13.0.2" },
     { name = "rpaframework-pdf", specifier = ">=11.0.0" },
     { name = "rpaframework-windows", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'", specifier = ">=11.0.0" },
     { name = "selenium", specifier = ">=4.16.0,<5.0.0" },
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ dev = [{ name = "rpaframework-devutils", editable = "../devutils" }]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rpaframework-core"
-version = "13.0.0"
+version = "13.0.2"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "httpx" },
@@ -2260,9 +2260,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "uiautomation", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
     { name = "webdriver-manager" },
 ]
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cb/50/ce9cad798dc3d30de3cbf45be3dce47c042ba78e0e9347b36c16bebb6ee7/rpaframework_core-13.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4ac93f1bc52d83b5989d92ef1d5d31e1fda0a5ca0571e463bb6c3cdd5def069d", size = 57097, upload-time = "2026-08-23T16:50:50.295Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]