diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 1a027fd12..965e804bc 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
         "systems": "systems"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1685518550,
-        "narHash": "sha256-o2d0KcvaXzTrPRIo0kOLV0/QXHhDQ5DTi+OxcjO8xqY=",
+        "lastModified": 1694529238,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zsNZZGTGnMOf9YpHKJqMSsa0dXbfmxeoJ7xHlrt+xmY=",
         "owner": "numtide",
         "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "a1720a10a6cfe8234c0e93907ffe81be440f4cef",
+        "rev": "ff7b65b44d01cf9ba6a71320833626af21126384",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -18,13 +18,82 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "lowdown-src": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1633514407,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Dw32tiMjdK9t3ETl5fzGrutQTzh2rufgZV4A/BbxuD4=",
+        "owner": "kristapsdz",
+        "repo": "lowdown",
+        "rev": "d2c2b44ff6c27b936ec27358a2653caaef8f73b8",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "kristapsdz",
+        "repo": "lowdown",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nix_2-13": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "lowdown-src": "lowdown-src",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "nixpkgs-regression": "nixpkgs-regression"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1691437145,
+        "narHash": "sha256-OCgwkDXvnMqfEsY5MIkrOzpF12iuSPS7l4hqY++W8a0=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nix",
+        "rev": "38f4fe04e385693173cc41d7baf4228cf66d27e8",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "2.13-maintenance",
+        "repo": "nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1685533922,
-        "narHash": "sha256-y4FCQpYafMQ42l1V+NUrMel9RtFtZo59PzdzflKR/lo=",
+        "lastModified": 1670461440,
+        "narHash": "sha256-jy1LB8HOMKGJEGXgzFRLDU1CBGL0/LlkolgnqIsF0D8=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "04a75b2eecc0acf6239acf9dd04485ff8d14f425",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-22.11-small",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs-regression": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1643052045,
+        "narHash": "sha256-uGJ0VXIhWKGXxkeNnq4TvV3CIOkUJ3PAoLZ3HMzNVMw=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "215d4d0fd80ca5163643b03a33fde804a29cc1e2",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "215d4d0fd80ca5163643b03a33fde804a29cc1e2",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1697226376,
+        "narHash": "sha256-cumLLb1QOUtWieUnLGqo+ylNt3+fU8Lcv5Zl+tYbRUE=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "3a70dd92993182f8e514700ccf5b1ae9fc8a3b8d",
+        "rev": "898cb2064b6e98b8c5499f37e81adbdf2925f7c5",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -37,7 +106,8 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+        "nix_2-13": "nix_2-13",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2"
       }
     },
     "systems": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 2ed694fad..2035d9067 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 
   inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-23.05";
   inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  inputs.nix_2-13.url = "github:NixOS/nix/2.13-maintenance";
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils}:
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, nix_2-13 }:
     flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
       let
         pkgs = import nixpkgs {
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
             (import ./overlay.nix)
           ];
         };
+        nix_2-13-doc = nix_2-13.packages.${system}.nix.doc;
       in {
         packages.default = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
           name = "nix-dev";
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@
             make html
           '';
           installPhase = ''
-            mkdir -p $out
+            mkdir -p $out/manual/nix/2.13
+            cp -R ${nix_2-13-doc}/share/doc/nix/manual/* $out/manual/nix/2.13
             cp -R build/html/* $out/
           '';
         };
diff --git a/source/conf.py b/source/conf.py
index 76c0aaff4..14b84bb5e 100644
--- a/source/conf.py
+++ b/source/conf.py
@@ -423,6 +423,11 @@
     # Linkcheck fails on anchors in GH browser/file viewer, see https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/11484
     r"https://github\.com/.+/.+/blob/.*#.*$",
     r"https://github\.com/.+/.+/tree/.*#.*$",
+    # XXX: we use the web URL to the manuals we host within the build output,
+    # because Sphinx does not have facilities to deploy arbitrary files.
+    # since linkchecking those URLs will fail before actually deploying them,
+    # we ignore them here.
+    r"https://nix.dev/manual/.*$",
 ]
 
 # Anchors are not present in HTML
diff --git a/source/reference/index.md b/source/reference/index.md
index 00dffe4ec..921171a22 100644
--- a/source/reference/index.md
+++ b/source/reference/index.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ These sections contains collections of detailed technical descriptions.
 :glob:
 :maxdepth: 2
 
-Nix Reference Manual <https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/>
+Nix Reference Manual <https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.13>
 Nixpkgs Manual <https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/>
 NixOS Manual <https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/>
 Recommended support tools <https://github.com/nix-community/awesome-nix>