diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index e0360cea98..992babd3b7 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "Flux"
 uuid = "587475ba-b771-5e3f-ad9e-33799f191a9c"
-version = "0.13.2"
+version = "0.13.3"
 
 [deps]
 Adapt = "79e6a3ab-5dfb-504d-930d-738a2a938a0e"
diff --git a/src/layers/normalise.jl b/src/layers/normalise.jl
index 1a51615f6f..d9e0f63cf4 100644
--- a/src/layers/normalise.jl
+++ b/src/layers/normalise.jl
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function _norm_layer_forward(
     σ² = reshape(l.σ², stats_shape)
   else # trainmode or testmode without tracked stats
     μ = mean(x; dims=reduce_dims)
-    σ² = mean((x .- μ).^2; dims=reduce_dims)
+    σ² = var(x; mean=μ, dims=reduce_dims, corrected=false)
     if l.track_stats
       _track_stats!(l, x, μ, σ², reduce_dims) # update moving mean/std
     end