diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 15f3ea9..49f0cad 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1.3.1
+=====
+- Set progressbar minimal width and height depending on the orientation (#12941,#12949)
+- Apply css on the correct widget class for Gtk 3.16/3.18
+- rework the use of GtkCssProvider to use a singleton
+- da and oc translation updates
+
 1.3.0
 =====
 - Fix progress bar grow direction in deskbar and vertical modes
diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index d2e189b..4c741ea 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dnl Copyright 2010 Florian Rivoal <frivoal@xfce.org>
 dnl Copyright 2014 Mike Massonnet <mmassonnet@xfce.org>
 dnl
 
-m4_define([netload_version],[1.3.0])
+m4_define([netload_version],[1.3.1])
 
 AC_INIT([xfce4-netload-plugin], [netload_version],
 	[goodies-dev@xfce.org])