diff --git a/base/changes.txt b/base/changes.txt
index dc510242d..721df0c64 100644
--- a/base/changes.txt
+++ b/base/changes.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ to completeness or accuracy and it contains some references to files that are
 not part of the distribution.
 ================================================================================
 
+2026-06-01 Joseph Wright  <Joseph.Wright@latex-project.org>
+	* ltcmd.dtx:
+	Adjust setup of \NoValue
+
 ================================================================================
 All changes above are only part of the development branch for the next release.
 ================================================================================
diff --git a/base/ltcmd.dtx b/base/ltcmd.dtx
index 7c72cf934..3b2b3a233 100644
--- a/base/ltcmd.dtx
+++ b/base/ltcmd.dtx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 %%% From File: ltcmd.dtx
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\def\ltcmdversion{v1.3l}
+\def\ltcmdversion{v1.3m}
 \def\ltcmddate{2026-06-01}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
@@ -6680,9 +6680,12 @@
 %
 % \begin{macro}{\NoValue}
 % \changes{v1.3h}{2025-11-05}{New command}
-%   A special marker
+% \changes{v1.3m}{2026-06-01}{Allow for overwriting \pkg{expl3} version}
+%   A special marker; done using \texttt{gset} as there is also a version in
+%   \pkg{expl3}, and that has to be in line with what we do here (once
+%   everything is synced up, this one will be removed).
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\cs_new_protected:Npe \NoValue { -NoValue- }
+\cs_gset_protected:Npn \NoValue { -NoValue- }
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % \end{macro}
 % \begin{variable}{\c_novalue_tl}