diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 288c01560be..73d4562a5ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## v5.13.1
+
+- [bugfix] Fix regression in CheckstyleFormatter backwards compatibility (#4561)
+
 ## v5.13.0
 
 - [deprecation] Mark `RuleWalker` and `ProgramAwareRuleWalker` as deprecated (#4413)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b61d0ecfd7c..ce2da92222f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "tslint",
-    "version": "5.13.0",
+    "version": "5.13.1",
     "description": "An extensible static analysis linter for the TypeScript language",
     "bin": {
         "tslint": "./bin/tslint"
diff --git a/src/linter.ts b/src/linter.ts
index 322c358dc6f..2edbab9c398 100644
--- a/src/linter.ts
+++ b/src/linter.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { arrayify, dedent, flatMap, mapDefined } from "./utils";
  * Linter that can lint multiple files in consecutive runs.
  */
 export class Linter {
-    public static VERSION = "5.13.0";
+    public static VERSION = "5.13.1";
 
     public static findConfiguration = findConfiguration;
     public static findConfigurationPath = findConfigurationPath;