diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a0fdd938..5790482b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Version 3.2.1
+
+* Load `RedcarpetCompat` when requiring Redcarpet for the sake of
+  backward compatibility.
+
+  *Loren Segal*
+
 ## Version 3.2.0
 
 * Add a `Safe` renderer to deal with users' input. The `escape_html`
diff --git a/lib/redcarpet.rb b/lib/redcarpet.rb
index 217fe742..5814137a 100644
--- a/lib/redcarpet.rb
+++ b/lib/redcarpet.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require 'redcarpet/compat'
 
 module Redcarpet
-  VERSION = '3.2.0'
+  VERSION = '3.2.1'
 
   class Markdown
     attr_reader :renderer
diff --git a/redcarpet.gemspec b/redcarpet.gemspec
index 89506852..f718a0cf 100644
--- a/redcarpet.gemspec
+++ b/redcarpet.gemspec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'redcarpet'
-  s.version = '3.2.0'
+  s.version = '3.2.1'
   s.summary = "Markdown that smells nice"
   s.description = 'A fast, safe and extensible Markdown to (X)HTML parser'
-  s.date = '2014-10-11'
+  s.date = '2014-11-25'
   s.email = 'vicent@github.com'
   s.homepage = 'http://github.com/vmg/redcarpet'
   s.authors = ["Natacha Porté", "Vicent Martí"]