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
index 8cc5eb0..6b3fb58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.1.3](https://github.com/bedrock-python/redis-client-kit/compare/redis-client-kit-v0.1.2...redis-client-kit-v0.1.3) (2026-09-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fail startup on an unreachable Redis, and count translated errors as errors ([#23](https://github.com/bedrock-python/redis-client-kit/issues/23)) ([38187bb](https://github.com/bedrock-python/redis-client-kit/commit/38187bb202f14e8f893e7597926f0cb3cb750b80))
+
 ## [0.1.2](https://github.com/bedrock-python/redis-client-kit/compare/redis-client-kit-v0.1.1...redis-client-kit-v0.1.2) (2026-09-05)
 
 
diff --git a/redis_client_kit/__init__.py b/redis_client_kit/__init__.py
index a226c5f..1b4beed 100644
--- a/redis_client_kit/__init__.py
+++ b/redis_client_kit/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 try:
     __version__ = version("redis-client-kit")
 except PackageNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover
-    __version__ = "0.1.2"
+    __version__ = "0.1.3"
 
 # ruff: noqa: RUF022
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/redis_client_kit/__version__.py b/redis_client_kit/__version__.py
index 0d33eef..97c339a 100644
--- a/redis_client_kit/__version__.py
+++ b/redis_client_kit/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.2"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.1.3"  # x-release-please-version