diff --git a/avrdude/CHANGELOG b/avrdude/CHANGELOG
index b25e4124..bf85aed2 100644
--- a/avrdude/CHANGELOG
+++ b/avrdude/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ Approximate change log for AVRPROG by version
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+Version 2.1.3:
+
+  * Be backward compatible when reading 2-byte rewrite cycle counters
+    as written by avrprog version 2.1.0.  Version 2.1.1 changed over
+    to a 4-byte counter, which caused avrprog versions 2.1.1 and 2.1.2
+    to report a negative count for parts that were initialized using
+    version 2.1.0.  Thanks to Joerg Wunsch for noticing this.
+
+
 Version 2.1.2:
 
   * Add '-V' option to disable automatic verify check with uploading
diff --git a/avrdude/main.c b/avrdude/main.c
index 47b32096..93b8d804 100644
--- a/avrdude/main.c
+++ b/avrdude/main.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ char ** modules[N_MODULES] = {
   &term_version 
 };
 
-char * version      = "2.1.2";
+char * version      = "2.1.3";
 
 char * main_version = "$Id$";