diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 001eb2c..c05df9b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.2"
+  ".": "0.1.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aeb17e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.1.3](https://github.com/nodejs/nbytes/compare/v0.1.2...v0.1.3) (2026-02-11)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* use arithmetic HexEncode instead of lookups ([#12](https://github.com/nodejs/nbytes/issues/12)) ([8011baf](https://github.com/nodejs/nbytes/commit/8011baff1dfecf48b5feca21cb29b72e3562c919))
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bf4b059..5ac0e31 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28)
-project(nbytes VERSION 0.1.2) # x-release-please-version
+project(nbytes VERSION 0.1.3) # x-release-please-version
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
diff --git a/include/nbytes.h b/include/nbytes.h
index 7fa347b..3a2bcc6 100644
--- a/include/nbytes.h
+++ b/include/nbytes.h
@@ -836,12 +836,12 @@ size_t SearchString(const char *haystack, size_t haystack_length,
 
 // ============================================================================
 // Version metadata
-#define NBYTES_VERSION "0.1.2"  // x-release-please-version
+#define NBYTES_VERSION "0.1.3"  // x-release-please-version
 
 enum {
   NBYTES_VERSION_MAJOR = 0,     // x-release-please-major
   NBYTES_VERSION_MINOR = 1,     // x-release-please-minor
-  NBYTES_VERSION_REVISION = 2,  // x-release-please-patch
+  NBYTES_VERSION_REVISION = 3,  // x-release-please-patch
 };
 
 }  // namespace nbytes