diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ed21d28..03e75a9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.13.0"
+  ".": "0.13.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a2ee29e..80cf845 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.13.1](https://github.com/CHIMEFRB/datatrail-cli/compare/datatrail-cli-v0.13.0...datatrail-cli-v0.13.1) (2026-08-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **encoding:** use ASCII status output ([a0646d7](https://github.com/CHIMEFRB/datatrail-cli/commit/a0646d7d17e66b7507a7f6019e1cd48c3faf2f9d))
+
 ## [0.13.0](https://github.com/CHIMEFRB/datatrail-cli/compare/datatrail-cli-v0.12.0...datatrail-cli-v0.13.0) (2026-08-25)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 01be4df..9847ccf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "datatrail-cli"
-version = "0.13.0"
+version = "0.13.1"
 description = "CHIME/FRB Datatrail CLI"
 authors = [
   { name = "CHIME FRB Project Office" },
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 7bbe138..92cee5b 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "datatrail-cli"
-version = "0.13.0"
+version = "0.13.1"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "cadcdata" },