diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e80d6960a..3d43591e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## v1.13.1 (2024-01-14)
+
+* limit `scipy<1.12` as macos and linux jobs install some pre-release version of `scipy==1.12` which breaks tests
+
 ## v1.13.0 (2023-12-20)
 
 * update `paramz` depdency to `>=0.9.6`
diff --git a/GPy/__version__.py b/GPy/__version__.py
index 9a34ccc9f..4b67c39d7 100644
--- a/GPy/__version__.py
+++ b/GPy/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.13.0"
+__version__ = "1.13.1"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b42e96d30..9884e1666 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.13.0
+current_version = 1.13.1
 tag = True
 commit = True