diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8727e3cd54..f83a9cae82 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+2.4-131 | 2015-09-11 12:16:39 -0700
+
+  * Add README.rst symlink. Addresses BIT-1413 (Vlad Grigorescu)
+
 2.4-129 | 2015-09-11 11:56:04 -0700
 
   * hash-all-files.bro depends on base/files/hash (Richard van den Berg)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+README
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a4bfe09be8..9b4d5e4401 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4-129
+2.4-131