diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 66611bc5b900fb3787c719f15378284d206ac32b..222074bb3e39e1c70e60249315bae824009e9da4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+moose (3.1.3ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Version bumped.
+
+ -- Dilawar Singh <dilawars@ghevar>  Thu, 01 Feb 2018 12:26:15 +0530
+
 moose (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Chamcham release (3.1.x) series.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c2e4be24817be24a46bf2440736d0838b62c0a73..5963bec0d7f841671281fdea0bddc19974873ba3 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ override_dh_auto_clean:
 
 # consider using -DUSE_VERSIONED_DIR=ON if backporting
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	cmake -DVERSION_MOOSE=3.1.2 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=debian/tmp/usr .
+	cmake -DVERSION_MOOSE=3.1.3 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=debian/tmp/usr .
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	make VERBOSE=0 -j`nproc`