diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.13.1.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.13.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..958e72610a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.13.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+= Release notes for Gerrit 2.13.1
+
+Gerrit 2.13.1 is now available:
+
+link:https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.13.1.war[
+https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.13.1.war]
+
+== Schema Upgrade
+
+There are no schema changes from link:ReleaseNotes-2.13.html[2.13].
+
+== Bug Fixes
+
+* link:https://bugs.chromium.org/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=4618[Issue 4618]:
+Fix internal server error after online reindexing completed.
+
+* Fix internal server error when cloning from slaves and not all refs are
+visible.
+
+* Fix JSON deserialization error causing stream event client to no longer receive
+events.
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/index.txt b/ReleaseNotes/index.txt
index 0fc495f4e8..2938c1c615 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes/index.txt
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/index.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 [[s2_13]]
 == Version 2.13.x
+* link:ReleaseNotes-2.13.1.html[2.13.1]
 * link:ReleaseNotes-2.13.html[2.13]
 
 [[s2_12]]
diff --git a/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/StreamEvents.java b/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/StreamEvents.java
index 0cfe4a72c7..f8070747b4 100644
--- a/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/StreamEvents.java
+++ b/gerrit-sshd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/sshd/commands/StreamEvents.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ import com.google.inject.Inject;
 
 import org.apache.sshd.server.Environment;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
@@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 @RequiresCapability(GlobalCapability.STREAM_EVENTS)
 @CommandMetaData(name = "stream-events", description = "Monitor events occurring in real time")
 final class StreamEvents extends BaseCommand {
+  private static final Logger log =
+      LoggerFactory.getLogger(StreamEvents.class);
+
   /** Maximum number of events that may be queued up for each connection. */
   private static final int MAX_EVENTS = 128;
 
@@ -262,9 +267,16 @@ final class StreamEvents extends BaseCommand {
   }
 
   private void write(final Object message) {
-    final String msg = gson.toJson(message) + "\n";
-    synchronized (stdout) {
-      stdout.print(msg);
+    String msg = null;
+    try {
+      msg = gson.toJson(message) + "\n";
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      log.warn("Could not deserialize the msg: ", e);
+    }
+    if (msg != null) {
+      synchronized (stdout) {
+        stdout.print(msg);
+      }
     }
   }