diff --git a/gfal2-util.spec b/gfal2-util.spec
index 676683f..fe18bbf 100644
--- a/gfal2-util.spec
+++ b/gfal2-util.spec
@@ -3,18 +3,17 @@
 %{!?python_version:  %global python_version  %(%{__python} -c "from sys import version_info; print('%d.%d'% (version_info[0],version_info[1]))")}
 
 Name:			gfal2-util
-Version:		1.2.1
-Release:		2%{?dist}
+Version:		1.3.1
+Release:		1%{?dist}
 Summary:		GFAL2 utility tools
 Group:			Applications/Internet
 License:		GPLv3
-URL:			https://svnweb.cern.ch/trac/lcgutil/wiki/gfal2
-# git clone https://gitlab.cern.ch/dmc/gfal2-util.git gfal2-util-1.2.1
-# pushd gfal2-util-1.2.1 
-# git checkout v1.2.1
-# git submodule init && git submodule update
+URL:		    http://dmc.web.cern.ch/
+# git clone https://gitlab.cern.ch/dmc/gfal2-util.git gfal2-util-1.3.1
+# pushd gfal2-util-1.3.1 
+# git checkout v1.3.1
 # popd
-# tar czf gfal2-util-1.2.1.tar.gz gfal2-util-1.2.1
+# tar czf gfal2-util-1.3.1.tar.gz gfal2-util-1.3.1
 Source0:		%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:		%(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 
@@ -45,6 +44,15 @@ python setup.py clean
 %setup -q
 
 %build
+# Validate the version
+gfal2_util_ver=`sed -n "s/VERSION = '\(.*\)'/\1/p" src/gfal2_util/base.py`
+gfal2_util_spec_ver=`expr "%{version}" : '\([0-9]*\\.[0-9]*\\.[0-9]*\)'`
+if [ "$gfal2_util_ver" != "$gfal2_util_spec_ver" ]; then
+    echo "The version in the spec file does not match the base.py version!"
+    echo "%{version} != $gfal2_util_ver"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 python setup.py build
 
 %install
@@ -63,6 +71,9 @@ python test/functional/test_all.py
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 09 2015 Alejandro Alvarez <aalvarez at cern.ch> - 1.3.1-1
+- Update for new upstream 1.3.1 release
+
 * Wed Jun 17 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.1-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index fe120cd..e668037 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-baf7563261bec227b2382d85e47b8e6f  gfal2-util-1.2.1.tar.gz
+f2d5164e63a97ad25eb41544b307dda4  gfal2-util-1.3.1.tar.gz