diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5ea8246..a0d688c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ exclude = ["examples/full_usage"]
 
 [package]
 name = "whisper-rs"
-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.13.2"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Rust bindings for whisper.cpp"
 license = "Unlicense"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index c550526..632c849 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 use std::env;
 
 fn main() {
+    let whisper_cpp_version = env::var("DEP_WHISPER_WHISPER_CPP_VERSION").unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        if env::var("DOCS_RS").is_ok() {
+            // not sure why but this fails on docs.rs
+            // return a default string
+            "0.0.0-fake".to_string()
+        } else {
+            panic!("Failed to find upstream whisper.cpp version: your build environment is messed up. {}", e);
+        }
+    });
     println!(
         "cargo:rustc-env=WHISPER_CPP_VERSION={}",
-        env::var("DEP_WHISPER_WHISPER_CPP_VERSION").unwrap()
+        whisper_cpp_version
     );
 }