diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
index 8d1071a..7f97c9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - { os: ubuntu-latest, r: '4.3', bioc: '3.17', cont: "bioconductor/bioconductor_docker:RELEASE_3_17", rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/jammy/latest" }
-          - { os: macOS-latest, r: '4.3', bioc: '3.17'}
-          - { os: windows-latest, r: '4.3', bioc: '3.17'}
+          - { os: ubuntu-latest, r: '4.3', bioc: '3.18', cont: "bioconductor/bioconductor_docker:RELEASE_3_18", rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/jammy/latest" }
+          - { os: macOS-latest, r: '4.3', bioc: '3.18'}
+          - { os: windows-latest, r: '4.3', bioc: '3.18'}
           ## Check https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/master/examples
           ## for examples using the http-user-agent
     env:
@@ -105,23 +105,23 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
-          key: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_17-r-4.3-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_17-r-4.3-
+          key: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_18-r-4.3-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_18-r-4.3-
 
       - name: Cache R packages on Linux
         if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '/nocache') && runner.os == 'Linux' "
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: /home/runner/work/_temp/Library
-          key: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_17-r-4.3-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_17-r-4.3-
+          key: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_18-r-4.3-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_18-r-4.3-
 
-      - name: Install Linux system dependencies
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        run: |
-          sysreqs=$(Rscript -e 'cat("apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y", paste(gsub("apt-get install -y ", "", remotes::system_requirements("ubuntu", "20.04")), collapse = " "))')
-          echo $sysreqs
-          sudo -s eval "$sysreqs"
+      # - name: Install Linux system dependencies
+      #   if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      #   run: |
+      #     sysreqs=$(Rscript -e 'cat("apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y", paste(gsub("apt-get install -y ", "", remotes::system_requirements("ubuntu", "20.04")), collapse = " "))')
+      #     echo $sysreqs
+      #     sudo -s eval "$sysreqs"
 
       - name: Install macOS system dependencies
         if: matrix.config.os == 'macOS-latest'
@@ -237,22 +237,22 @@ jobs:
           BiocGenerics:::testPackage()
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
-#      - name: Run BiocCheck
-#        env:
-#          DISPLAY: 99.0
-#        run: |
-#          BiocCheck::BiocCheck(
-#              dir('check', 'tar.gz$', full.names = TRUE),
-#              `quit-with-status` = TRUE,
-#              `no-check-R-ver` = TRUE,
-#              `no-check-bioc-help` = TRUE
-#          )
-#        shell: Rscript {0}
+      # - name: Run BiocCheck
+      #   env:
+      #     DISPLAY: 99.0
+      #   run: |
+      #     BiocCheck::BiocCheck(
+      #         dir('check', 'tar.gz$', full.names = TRUE),
+      #         `quit-with-status` = TRUE,
+      #         `no-check-R-ver` = TRUE,
+      #         `no-check-bioc-help` = TRUE
+      #     )
+      #   shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Test coverage
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/devel' && env.run_covr == 'true' && runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: |
-          covr::codecov()
+          covr::codecov(coverage = covr::package_coverage(type = "all"))
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Install package
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ jobs:
         if: failure()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          name: ${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_17-r-4.3-results
+          name: ${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_18-r-4.3-results
           path: check
 
 
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 9c13ddb..a208ac1 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: SpatialExperiment
-Version: 1.11.2
+Version: 1.13.1
 Title: S4 Class for Spatially Resolved -omics Data
 Description: Defines an S4 class for storing data from spatial -omics experiments. 
     The class extends SingleCellExperiment to