diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index cc9810def..f68a1e2eb 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: datawizard
 Title: Easy Data Wrangling and Statistical Transformations
-Version: 0.13.0.8
+Version: 0.13.0.9
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Indrajeet", "Patil", , "patilindrajeet.science@gmail.com", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-1995-6531")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b5cdf84c0..d0c42fdb6 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ BUG FIXES
 * `describe_distribution()` no longer errors if the sample was too sparse to compute
   CIs. Instead, it warns the user and returns `NA` (#550).
 
+* `data_read()` reserves variable types when importing files from `rds` or
+  `rdata` format.
+
 # datawizard 0.13.0
 
 BREAKING CHANGES