diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac2b48c..6b7597b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ Bibtex entry:
 
 ## Recent changes
 
+- 4.13.1 Improved initialization of `k` parameter in `get_fruchterman_reingold_layout` (issue #79).
 - 4.13.0 Wrote an article on Netgraph for the Journal of Open Source Software (latest draft in /publication).
 - 4.12.12 Expanded the documentation to cover installation of optional dependencies, automated testing, and troubleshooting issues with Matplotlib event handling (issue #69).
 - 4.12.11 Mitigated a bug in `EditableGraph` that occurred when deleting a node while hovering over an edge incident to that node (issue #66).
diff --git a/netgraph/__init__.py b/netgraph/__init__.py
index bb11f01..1cacb58 100755
--- a/netgraph/__init__.py
+++ b/netgraph/__init__.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 >>> help(EditableGraph)
 """
 
-__version__ = "4.13.0"
+__version__ = "4.13.1"
 __author__ = "Paul Brodersen"
 __email__ = "paulbrodersen+netgraph@gmail.com"
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 09dd1dd..75e4f2a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def read_file(filename):
     with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), filename)) as file:
         return file.read()
 
-version = '4.13.0'
+version = '4.13.1'
 
 setup(
     name='netgraph',