diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b50467aa29..e10bf526c7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ plugins {
   id 'org.asciidoctor.convert' version '1.5.6'
   id "me.champeau.gradle.jmh" version "0.4.4" apply false
   id "org.jetbrains.dokka" version "0.9.15"
-  id "me.champeau.gradle.japicmp" version "0.2.5"
+  id "me.champeau.gradle.japicmp" version "0.2.6"
 }
 
 apply from: "gradle/doc.gradle"
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ project('reactor-core') {
 	txtOutputFile = file("${project.buildDir}/reports/japi.txt")
 	ignoreMissingClasses = true
 	includeSynthetic = true
+
+	//TODO after a release, bump the gradle.properties baseline
+	//TODO after a release, remove the reactor-core exclusions below if any
   }
 
   javadoc {
@@ -438,6 +441,8 @@ project('reactor-test') {
 	txtOutputFile = file("${project.buildDir}/reports/japi.txt")
 	ignoreMissingClasses = true
 	includeSynthetic = true
+
+	//TODO after a release, remove the reactor-test exclusions below if any
   }
 
   javadoc {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 329ced7801..9d37ddfddb 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 version=3.1.4.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
-compatibleVersion=3.1.0.RELEASE
+compatibleVersion=3.1.3.RELEASE