diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: httpuv
 Type: Package
 Title: HTTP and WebSocket server library
-Version: 1.3.0
-Date: 2014-04-03
+Version: 1.3.1
+Date: 2014-07-11
 Author: RStudio, Inc.
 Copyright: RStudio, Inc.; Joyent, Inc.; Nginx Inc.; Igor Sysoev; Niels Provos;
     Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.; Alexander Chemeris
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+httpuv 1.3.1
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+* Fix bug where websocket headers split over multiple packets would
+  cause the payload to be parsed incorrectly.
+
+
 httpuv 1.3.0
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