diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 71eef05..5c15588 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "framed"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 description = "Send and receive slices of bytes over lossy streams of bytes."
 authors = ["Alex Helfet <alex.helfet@gmail.com>"]
 categories = ["no-std", "embedded", "encoding", "network-programming"]
diff --git a/doc/release.md b/doc/release.md
index 189ba85..53359b0 100644
--- a/doc/release.md
+++ b/doc/release.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 1. Check [Travis build][travis]: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/fluffysquirrels/framed-rs.svg)][travis].
    [travis]: https://travis-ci.org/fluffysquirrels/framed-rs
 1. Increment version number in Cargo.toml (major version if breaking changes).
+1. Commit to update the version number.
 1. Add a git tag for the new version number. Push it to [GitHub][github].
 1. Publish with `bin/publish`.
 1. Check new version appears on