diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 75a64f896982f245c65d776fab7f1a08c4879664..26ccf181bfaa18338491c3303b8d5c93671b1094 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13...3.19)
-project(libaec LANGUAGES C VERSION 1.1.2)
+project(libaec LANGUAGES C VERSION 1.1.3)
 
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
 set(CMAKE_C_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index b39f7358e199d59fa04b523b82d85306b27f4e3e..6434642398af2af96ad2bdeba9d914a0df979741 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 55c7223f57b5f47c019ba9ca5f709763ba04070f..1410a65946460cf4d35b5638173bed9800c26765 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.71])
 
 m4_define([VERSION_MAJOR], [1])
 m4_define([VERSION_MINOR], [1])
-m4_define([VERSION_PATCH], [2])
+m4_define([VERSION_PATCH], [3])
 
 AC_INIT([libaec],[VERSION_MAJOR.VERSION_MINOR.VERSION_PATCH],[rosenhauer@dkrz.de])
 
diff --git a/include/libaec.h.in b/include/libaec.h.in
index e1354325eb5632afee4b7e68fabaa965e6b83e4b..ce9b93289e015b81fc291a336d620647d47c28e6 100644
--- a/include/libaec.h.in
+++ b/include/libaec.h.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @file libaec.h
  *
  * @section LICENSE
- * Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+ * Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/include/szlib.h b/include/szlib.h
index 6922a02fa4d049ac512358a6f97a25bb584a55ed..0f075bbd0cd6b4ff44a03710c11bc831b29e933f 100644
--- a/include/szlib.h
+++ b/include/szlib.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @file szlib.h
  *
  * @section LICENSE
- * Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+ * Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 7801d829ac1bb50a379371e5229f71457fbd2d87..f9c303118e80f6ad31b325f2f6f7cee6f639e07a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ add_library(aec_shared SHARED "$<TARGET_OBJECTS:aec>")
 target_link_libraries(aec_shared PUBLIC aec)
 set_target_properties(aec_shared
   PROPERTIES
-  VERSION 0.1.2
+  VERSION 0.1.3
   SOVERSION 0
   OUTPUT_NAME aec
   PUBLIC_HEADER ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../include/libaec.h)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 89eb6358b794006aa291efd2703624095f8d55e2..c8d37930b4babd286c1d3bf2fbc3fe59fd62f8ef 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libaec.la libsz.la
 libaec_la_SOURCES = encode.c encode_accessors.c decode.c vector.c\
 encode.h encode_accessors.h decode.h vector.h
 libaec_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) -DLIBAEC_BUILD
-libaec_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 1:2:1 -no-undefined
+libaec_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 1:3:1 -no-undefined
 
 libsz_la_SOURCES = sz_compat.c
 libsz_la_LIBADD = libaec.la
diff --git a/src/decode.c b/src/decode.c
index 0da08d3ef828f47d44f9ecdfa0b33176c2c3f690..18e74af63277a2ac436c531f56bc4a5abe755b32 100644
--- a/src/decode.c
+++ b/src/decode.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @file decode.c
  *
  * @section LICENSE
- * Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+ * Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/src/decode.h b/src/decode.h
index 4bb8111a65bdcb6ec6da9395308ea39cefa9c29f..5244d284e23b12c2729be69cce0ad7b94e332dd5 100644
--- a/src/decode.h
+++ b/src/decode.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @file decode.h
  *
  * @section LICENSE
- * Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+ * Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/src/encode.c b/src/encode.c
index 874cff511bf82384da6e94e8cef000c7548b75d9..9c2d7547e03ea4f2809c56d702fc605d64dc1a8f 100644
--- a/src/encode.c
+++ b/src/encode.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @file encode.c
  *
  * @section LICENSE
- * Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+ * Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/src/encode.h b/src/encode.h
index d2ebca45b0912218b3f3f95f10d8a081aba3a157..a2a64393041519148027de9d5839fe516d9d33b4 100644
--- a/src/encode.h
+++ b/src/encode.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @file encode.h
  *
  * @section LICENSE
- * Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+ * Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/src/encode_accessors.c b/src/encode_accessors.c
index 7e5f901d1497c6f1a99c11e429fa4621249c0075..07e1ffdea42ac1e26e5da3df45f8fbdfdaebd7f7 100644
--- a/src/encode_accessors.c
+++ b/src/encode_accessors.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @file encode_accessors.c
  *
  * @section LICENSE
- * Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+ * Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/src/encode_accessors.h b/src/encode_accessors.h
index 734747fc627774d6e57d1116a46cdc575e9b7104..0ad36107f69dbe7c9307c815306b255948aa2c86 100644
--- a/src/encode_accessors.h
+++ b/src/encode_accessors.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @file encode_accessors.h
  *
  * @section LICENSE
- * Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+ * Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/src/graec.c b/src/graec.c
index 3591dbb0c7e240fc8fa883830b10a9580fb8616c..07db4947fa5bce6209d3855054dc469510f8ef02 100644
--- a/src/graec.c
+++ b/src/graec.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @file aec.c
  *
  * @section LICENSE
- * Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+ * Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/src/sz_compat.c b/src/sz_compat.c
index 1b1c6f73546766c0dcf9420cc1aaa1e948b96794..9533fc23269715f1341eeb25147479f39c21605c 100644
--- a/src/sz_compat.c
+++ b/src/sz_compat.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @file sz_compat.c
  *
  * @section LICENSE
- * Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+ * Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/src/utime.c b/src/utime.c
index aa32a7a29fdb38059af601ddc1d7450c5d227310..bd9b80be0c8162013f4355af9e7d3d43e624887e 100644
--- a/src/utime.c
+++ b/src/utime.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * @author Thomas Jahns, Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum
  *
  * @section LICENSE
- * Copyright 2023 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
+ * Copyright 2024 Mathis Rosenhauer, Moritz Hanke, Joerg Behrens, Luis Kornblueh
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without