diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink/README.md
index 5322ff28027f7..830b59a2c7053 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import * as logs from '@aws-cdk/aws-logs';
 
 const flinkApp = new flink.Application(this, 'Application', {
   code: flink.ApplicationCode.fromBucket(bucket, 'my-app.jar'),
-  runtime: file.Runtime.FLINK_1_11,
+  runtime: file.Runtime.FLINK_1_13,
   checkpointingEnabled: true, // default is true
   checkpointInterval: cdk.Duration.seconds(30), // default is 1 minute
   minPauseBetweenCheckpoints: cdk.Duration.seconds(10), // default is 5 seconds
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink/lib/types.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink/lib/types.ts
index b92d55cb48518..02e56eee10966 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink/lib/types.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink/lib/types.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export enum MetricsLevel {
  * configuration.
  */
 export interface PropertyGroups {
-  readonly [propertyId: string]: {[mapKey: string]: string};
+  readonly [propertyId: string]: { [mapKey: string]: string };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ export class Runtime {
   /** Flink Version 1.11 */
   public static readonly FLINK_1_11 = Runtime.of('FLINK-1_11');
 
+  /** Flink Version 1.13 */
+  public static readonly FLINK_1_13 = Runtime.of('FLINK-1_13');
+
   /** Create a new Runtime with with an arbitrary Flink version string */
   public static of(value: string) {
     return new Runtime(value);