diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6e1f34..5c50771 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ TARGET = ./cc-backend
 VAR = ./var
 CFG = config.json .env
 FRONTEND = ./web/frontend
-VERSION = 1.3.0
+VERSION = 1.3.1
 GIT_HASH := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo 'development')
 CURRENT_TIME = $(shell date +"%Y-%m-%d:T%H:%M:%S")
 LD_FLAGS = '-s -X main.date=${CURRENT_TIME} -X main.version=${VERSION} -X main.commit=${GIT_HASH}'
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
index a4f085e..547a1f4 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-# `cc-backend` version 1.3.0
+# `cc-backend` version 1.3.1
 
 Supports job archive version 1 and database version 7.
 
-This is a minor release of `cc-backend`, the API backend and frontend
+This is a bugfix release of `cc-backend`, the API backend and frontend
 implementation of ClusterCockpit.
 For release specific notes visit the [ClusterCockpit Documentation](https://clusterockpit.org/docs/release/).
 
 ## Breaking changes
 
-* This release fixes bugs in the MySQL/MariaDB database schema. For this reason
-  you have to migrate your database using the `-migrate-db` switch.
+None