diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3347f7d3..544fbaf4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## (unreleased)
 
+## 2.1.3
+
 * Removed old/unused appveyor config
 * Remove old Rubies from CI & cross compile list
 * Add Ruby 2.6 and 2.7 to the cross compile list
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index eca07e4c..ac2cdeba 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.2
+2.1.3