diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9593154..9b7bbf6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-![](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.2.3-green.svg)
+![](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.3.1-green.svg)
 [![Build & Test](https://github.com/aloosley/persistable/actions/workflows/python-build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/aloosley/persistable/actions/workflows/python-build.yml)
 [![contributions welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/contributions-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](https://github.com/dwyl/esta/issues)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 691804c..2a76a50 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 
 setup(
     name="persistable",
-    version="1.3.0",
+    version="1.3.1",
     packages=find_packages(),
     url="https://github.com/aloosley/persistable",
-    download_url="https://github.com/aloosley/persistable/archive/1.3.0.tar.gz",
+    download_url="https://github.com/aloosley/persistable/archive/1.3.1.tar.gz",
     license="",
     author="Alex Loosley, Stephan Sahm",
     author_email="aloosley@alumni.brown.edu, Stephan.Sahm@gmx.de",