diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 92ff54c..3d7a951 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
  Release Notes
  =============
 
+ *******************
+ 1.3.1 (03 Jul 2024)
+ *******************
+
+* To avoid build failures with newer POCO versions, the configure script
+  sets POCO_UNBUNDLED to 1 if Poco/XML/expat.h is not available.
+
  *******************
  1.3.0 (22 Mar 2024)
  *******************
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7ae552f..a705680 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([ClamFS],[1.3.0],[krzysztof@burghardt.pl],[clamfs])
+AC_INIT([ClamFS],[1.3.1],[krzysztof@burghardt.pl],[clamfs])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/clamfs.cxx)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)