diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a85eb072..131ad0a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 2.13.1 / 2023.05.02
+
+* [BUGFIX] Clear buffers before returning them to the pool. See [#221][]
+
 ## 2.13.0 / 2021.06.09
 
 * [FEATURE] Telemetry: adding developer mode: additional metrics. See [#131][]
@@ -151,6 +155,7 @@ Fork from [indeedeng/java-dogstatsd-client] (/~https://github.com/indeedeng/java-d
 [#144]: /~https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/144
 [#147]: /~https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/147
 [#149]: /~https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/149
+[#221]: /~https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client/issues/221
 [@PatrickAuld]: /~https://github.com/PatrickAuld
 [@blevz]: /~https://github.com/blevz
 [@cameronhotchkies]: /~https://github.com/cameronhotchkies
@@ -159,4 +164,4 @@ Fork from [indeedeng/java-dogstatsd-client] (/~https://github.com/indeedeng/java-d
 [@gherceg]: /~https://github.com/gherceg
 [@hanny24]: /~https://github.com/hanny24
 [@njhill]: /~https://github.com/njhill
-[@snopoke]: /~https://github.com/snopoke
\ No newline at end of file
+[@snopoke]: /~https://github.com/snopoke
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53b4363f..3371476b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The client jar is distributed via Maven central, and can be downloaded [from Mav
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.datadoghq</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-dogstatsd-client</artifactId>
-    <version>2.13.0</version>
+    <version>2.13.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 15122514..78b5bc09 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <artifactId>java-dogstatsd-client</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>java-dogstatsd-client</name>
-    <version>2.13.0</version>
+    <version>2.13.1</version>
     <description>A tiny library allowing Java applications to communicate with DataDog statsd instances easily.</description>
     <url>/~https://github.com/DataDog/java-dogstatsd-client</url>