diff --git a/docs/release.rst b/docs/release.rst
index a3b47185..96c90bb0 100644
--- a/docs/release.rst
+++ b/docs/release.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ Release notes
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+Breaking changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* `Zstd.default_level`, `Zstd.min_level`, and `Zstd.max_level` are now class methods
+  instead of properties. This means they must now be called like ``Zstd.default_level()``
+  instead of ``Zstd.default_level``. This breaking change has been made because Python 3.13
+  removes support for class properties.
+  By :user:`David Stansby <dstansby>`
+
 Enhancements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/numcodecs/tests/test_zstd.py b/numcodecs/tests/test_zstd.py
index d5646c2d..4e92d31a 100644
--- a/numcodecs/tests/test_zstd.py
+++ b/numcodecs/tests/test_zstd.py
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ def test_checksum():
 
 def test_native_functions():
     # Note, these assertions might need to be changed for new versions of zstd
-    assert Zstd.default_level == 3
-    assert Zstd.min_level == -131072
-    assert Zstd.max_level == 22
+    assert Zstd.default_level() == 3
+    assert Zstd.min_level() == -131072
+    assert Zstd.max_level() == 22
diff --git a/numcodecs/zstd.pyx b/numcodecs/zstd.pyx
index fab6ed2b..efd12fa2 100644
--- a/numcodecs/zstd.pyx
+++ b/numcodecs/zstd.pyx
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ cdef extern from "zstd.h":
 
     ZSTD_CCtx* ZSTD_createCCtx() nogil
     size_t ZSTD_freeCCtx(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx) nogil
-    size_t ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, 
-                                  ZSTD_cParameter param, 
+    size_t ZSTD_CCtx_setParameter(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
+                                  ZSTD_cParameter param,
                                   int value) nogil
 
     size_t ZSTD_compress2(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class Zstd(Codec):
     """
 
     codec_id = 'zstd'
-    
+
     # Note: unlike the LZ4 and Blosc codecs, there does not appear to be a (currently)
     # practical limit on the size of buffers that Zstd can process and so we don't
     # enforce a max_buffer_size option here.
@@ -259,19 +259,16 @@ class Zstd(Codec):
         return r
 
     @classmethod
-    @property
     def default_level(cls):
         """Returns the default compression level of the underlying zstd library."""
         return ZSTD_defaultCLevel()
 
     @classmethod
-    @property
     def min_level(cls):
         """Returns the minimum compression level of the underlying zstd library."""
         return ZSTD_minCLevel()
 
     @classmethod
-    @property
     def max_level(cls):
         """Returns the maximum compression level of the underlying zstd library."""
         return ZSTD_maxCLevel()