diff --git a/PyPI_Description.md b/PyPI_Description.md
index f982a141..6a746737 100644
--- a/PyPI_Description.md
+++ b/PyPI_Description.md
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ PyBind11 provides:
 
 We are currently in **Public Preview**.
 
-## What's new in v0.13.0
+## What's new in v0.13.1
 
-- **Enhanced Batch Operations:** Complete support for UNIQUEIDENTIFIER and DATETIMEOFFSET in `executemany()` operations with automatic type inference, enabling efficient bulk inserts of complex data types including UUIDs and timezone-aware datetimes.
-- **Streaming Large Values:** Robust handling of large objects (NVARCHAR/VARCHAR/VARBINARY(MAX)) in `executemany()` with automatic Data-At-Execution detection and fallback, supporting streaming inserts and fetches for massive datasets.
-- **Improved Cursor Reliability:** Enhanced `cursor.rowcount` accuracy across all fetch operations, including proper handling of empty result sets and consistent behavior for SELECT, INSERT, and UPDATE operations.
-- **Critical Stability Fixes:** Resolved memory leaks with secure token buffer handling, fixed resource cleanup to prevent segmentation faults during Python shutdown, and corrected type inference bugs in batch operations.
+- **Authentication Reliability:** Fixed token handling for Microsoft Entra ID authentication to ensure stable and reliable connections.
+- **Timezone Preservation:** Removed forced UTC conversion for `datetimeoffset` values, preserving original timezone information in Python `datetime` objects for accurate cross-timezone data handling.
+- **Connection Pooling Stability:** Enhanced pool shutdown mechanism with proper tracking to prevent resource leaks and ensure cleanup operations execute reliably.
+- **Predictable Type Handling:** Refined UUID string parameter handling to prevent automatic type coercion, ensuring strings are processed as intended.
 
 For more information, please visit the project link on Github: https://github.com/microsoft/mssql-python
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7bd6dcaf..60f5b179 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def finalize_options(self):
 
 setup(
     name='mssql-python',
-    version='0.13.0',
+    version='0.13.1',
     description='A Python library for interacting with Microsoft SQL Server',
     long_description=open('PyPI_Description.md', encoding='utf-8').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',