diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0cb7cbbb..0e3d7be24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.2.13 (August 16th, 2011)
+* fix stupid bug around symbol encoding support (thanks coderrr!)
+
 ## 0.2.12 (August 16th, 2011)
 * ensure symbolized column names support encodings in 1.9
 * plugging sql vulnerability in mysql2 adapter
diff --git a/lib/mysql2/version.rb b/lib/mysql2/version.rb
index 8b559b322..5e173a511 100644
--- a/lib/mysql2/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mysql2/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Mysql2
-  VERSION = "0.2.12"
+  VERSION = "0.2.13"
 end
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