diff --git a/inspect.lua b/inspect.lua
index 386614c..172b003 100644
--- a/inspect.lua
+++ b/inspect.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local inspect = { Options = {} }
 
 
 
-inspect._VERSION = 'inspect.lua 3.1.0'
+inspect._VERSION = 'inspect.lua 3.1.3'
 inspect._URL = 'http://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua'
 inspect._DESCRIPTION = 'human-readable representations of tables'
 inspect._LICENSE = [[
diff --git a/inspect.tl b/inspect.tl
index 4ee3d10..9bef1b5 100644
--- a/inspect.tl
+++ b/inspect.tl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local record inspect
    end
 end
 
-inspect._VERSION = 'inspect.lua 3.1.0'
+inspect._VERSION = 'inspect.lua 3.1.3'
 inspect._URL     = 'http://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua'
 inspect._DESCRIPTION = 'human-readable representations of tables'
 inspect._LICENSE = [[
diff --git a/spec/inspect_spec.lua b/spec/inspect_spec.lua
index bcdb122..45fbcc0 100644
--- a/spec/inspect_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/inspect_spec.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ local has_rawlen      = type(_G.rawlen) == 'function'
 
 describe( 'inspect', function()
 
+  describe('_VERSION', function()
+    it('matches the latest released version', function()
+      assert.equals('inspect.lua 3.1.3', inspect._VERSION)
+    end)
+  end)
+
   describe('numbers', function()
     it('works', function()
       assert.equals("1", inspect(1))