diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed19603c0..00250922b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+## [7.0.13](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/compare/7.0.12-core...7.0.13) (2020-10-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **core:** ListViewCell.initWithEmptyBackground ([#8985](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/8985)) ([0eb2246](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/commit/0eb2246b7dfc3eda731f8cb7ee1bbfcd36551dfa))
+* **ios:** UIImage.imageWithData.async is not a function ([b966542](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/commit/b96654276b8e423a21f95261449f578470e027d8))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **core:** Repeater multiple item templates implementation ([#8981](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/8981)) ([b113f19](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/commit/b113f1916db591d23327e7eead498c722ce76876))
+
+
+
 ## [7.0.12](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/compare/7.0.11-core...7.0.12) (2020-10-21)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb32b3bd9..94e13a435 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "nativescript",
-	"version": "7.0.12",
+	"version": "7.0.13",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"config": {
 		"npm_alias": "npm"
diff --git a/packages/core/image-source/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/image-source/index.ios.ts
index 647bdba59..e829a1408 100644
--- a/packages/core/image-source/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/image-source/index.ios.ts
@@ -154,8 +154,13 @@ export class ImageSource implements ImageSourceDefinition {
 		return new Promise<ImageSource>((resolve, reject) => {
 			try {
 				const data = NSData.alloc().initWithBase64EncodedStringOptions(source, NSDataBase64DecodingOptions.IgnoreUnknownCharacters);
-				UIImage.imageWithData['async'](UIImage, [data]).then((uiImage) => {
-					resolve(new ImageSource(uiImage));
+				const main_queue = dispatch_get_current_queue();
+				const background_queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(qos_class_t.QOS_CLASS_DEFAULT, 0);
+				dispatch_async(background_queue, () => {
+					const uiImage = UIImage.imageWithData(data);
+					dispatch_async(main_queue, () => {
+						resolve(new ImageSource(uiImage));
+					});
 				});
 			} catch (ex) {
 				reject(ex);
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 00967cb43..5ec54670d 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "main": "index",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
   "description": "NativeScript Core Modules",
-  "version": "7.0.12",
+  "version": "7.0.13",
   "homepage": "https://nativescript.org",
   "repository": {
       "type": "git",