diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b799a2e..89a98b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ protoc --go_out=paths=source_relative:. foo.proto
 
 Or do `make protobuf`
 
+To update the version of lightwalletd, update the value of the `Version` variable in common/common.go .
+
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diff --git a/common/common.go b/common/common.go
index a80a90a..a9f45ec 100644
--- a/common/common.go
+++ b/common/common.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 // TODO: 'make build' will overwrite this string with the output of git-describe (tag)
 var (
-	Version   = "v0.1.2"
+	Version   = "v0.1.3"
 	GitCommit = ""
 	Branch    = ""
 	BuildDate = ""