diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: velociraptor
 Title: Toolkit for Single-Cell Velocity
-Version: 1.13.0
-Date: 2023-07-21
+Version: 1.13.1
+Date: 2024-01-29
 Authors@R: c(person("Kevin", "Rue-Albrecht", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "kevinrue67@gmail.com", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-3899-3872")),
     person("Aaron", "Lun", role="aut", email="infinite.monkeys.with.keyboards@gmail.com", comment = c(ORCID = '0000-0002-3564-4813')),
     person("Charlotte", "Soneson", role="aut", email="charlottesoneson@gmail.com", comment = c(ORCID = '0000-0003-3833-2169')),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# velociraptor 1.13.1
+
+* Robust fallback mechanism using `basiliskRun` option `testload=`.
+
 # velociraptor 1.9.3
 
 * Pin python version in conda environment.