diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2eaa2d7421d4d57953b5ce9280296c9ff4d0198b..6a92cf5c49ecfa6c9fb245a149adee2cb47027b3 100755
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: clpAPI
 Type: Package
 Title: R Interface to C API of COIN-or Clp
-Version: 1.3.0
-Date: 2020-08-07
+Version: 1.3.1
+Date: 2021-10-28
 Authors@R: c(person("Mayo", "Roettger", role = "cre", email = "mayo.roettger@hhu.de"),
              person("Gabriel", "Gelius-Dietrich", role = c("aut"), email = "geliudie@uni-duesseldorf.de"),
              person(c("C.", "Jonathan"), "Fritzemeier", role = "ctb", email = "clausjonathan.fritzemeier@uni-duesseldorf.de"))
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ SystemRequirements: COIN-OR Clp (>= 1.12.0)
 License: GPL-3 | file LICENSE
 LazyLoad: yes
 Collate: generics.R clp_ptrClass.R clp.R clpAPI.R zzz.R
-Packaged: 2020-08-07 10:38:00 UTC; mayo
+Packaged: 2021-10-28 08:25:00 UTC; mayo
 Author: Mayo Roettger [cre], Gabriel Gelius-Dietrich [aut], C. Jonathan Fritzemeier [ctb]
 Maintainer: Mayo Roettger <mayo.roettger@hhu.de>
 NeedsCompilation: yes
 Repository: CRAN
-Date/Publication: 2020-08-07 11:38:00
+Date/Publication: 2021-10-28 10:25:00
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5f1591481d262cbadd53542c29a986f47b2ec12a..5bce9319113e28b55e11465a62b94b1bd828ab0e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for clpAPI 1.3.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for clpAPI 1.3.1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <mayo.roettger@hhu.de>.
 #
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='clpAPI'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='clpapi'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.3.0'
-PACKAGE_STRING='clpAPI 1.3.0'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.3.1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='clpAPI 1.3.1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='mayo.roettger@hhu.de'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures clpAPI 1.3.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures clpAPI 1.3.1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of clpAPI 1.3.0:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of clpAPI 1.3.1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-clpAPI configure 1.3.0
+clpAPI configure 1.3.1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by clpAPI $as_me 1.3.0, which was
+It was created by clpAPI $as_me 1.3.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -4251,7 +4251,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by clpAPI $as_me 1.3.0, which was
+This file was extended by clpAPI $as_me 1.3.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -4313,7 +4313,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-clpAPI config.status 1.3.0
+clpAPI config.status 1.3.1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b459b47be593de8da1a247e8bdc6e1126582d731..81a5d908a0ad597391327a9d65f0f353120ddc7d 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([clpAPI], [1.3.0], [mayo.roettger@hhu.de])
+AC_INIT([clpAPI],[1.3.1],[mayo.roettger@hhu.de])
 
 dnl # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl # template config.h.in
@@ -56,16 +56,14 @@ dnl # get arguments
 dnl # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(clp-include,
-            AC_HELP_STRING([--with-clp-include=PATH],
-                           [location of COIN-OR Clp include directory [[/usr/local/include]]]
-                          ),
+            AS_HELP_STRING([--with-clp-include=PATH],[location of COIN-OR Clp include directory [[/usr/local/include]]
+                          ]),
             [CLP_INCLUDE=$withval],
             [CLP_INCLUDE=""])
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(clp-lib,
-            AC_HELP_STRING([--with-clp-lib=PATH],
-                           [location of COIN-OR Clp callable library [[usr/local/lib]]]
-                          ),
+            AS_HELP_STRING([--with-clp-lib=PATH],[location of COIN-OR Clp callable library [[usr/local/lib]]
+                          ]),
             [CLP_LIB=$withval],
             [CLP_LIB=""])
 
@@ -284,6 +282,7 @@ dnl # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 AC_SUBST(PKG_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(PKG_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(PKG_CPPFLAGS)
-AC_OUTPUT(src/Makevars)
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/Makevars])
+AC_OUTPUT
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/inst/NEWS.Rd b/inst/NEWS.Rd
index a9cf18350fc4785bcabb59548113cae322d1e014..ec9a31f6faf7b93a53a08e8aa04ee5719f5e33a5 100755
--- a/inst/NEWS.Rd
+++ b/inst/NEWS.Rd
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 \name{NEWS}
 \title{clpAPI News}
 \encoding{UTF-8}
+% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- %
+\section{Changes in version 1.3.1 2021-10-28}{
+  \itemize{
+    \item Fix for CRAN issue concerning deprecated autoconf macros.
+  }
+}
+
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- %
 \section{Changes in version 1.3.0 2020-08-07}{
   \itemize{
diff --git a/src/clpAPI.c b/src/clpAPI.c
index 53aa60663b1fdbc3c0ac2797e2dd43fba58297df..3dee735159c31c33d5d7b01279d1182c664ecdce 100755
--- a/src/clpAPI.c
+++ b/src/clpAPI.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ SEXP getMaximumSeconds(SEXP lp) {
 }
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-/* get if maximum iteration bound was hit*/
+/* get if maximum iteration (or time) bound was hit*/
 SEXP getHitMaximumIterations(SEXP lp) {
 
     SEXP out = R_NilValue;
diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
old mode 100644
new mode 100755