diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index dc43313e6c..f45c663005 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2012-10-22
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2013-10-xx - xxxxxxx -libswscale 2.5.101 - options.c
+  Change default scaler to bicubic
+
 2013-10-03 - xxxxxxx - lavc 55.34.100 - avcodec.h
   Add av_codec_get_max_lowres()
 
diff --git a/libswscale/options.c b/libswscale/options.c
index 2b3147bb96..9e8703ff39 100644
--- a/libswscale/options.c
+++ b/libswscale/options.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static const char *sws_context_to_name(void *ptr)
 #define VE AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM
 
 static const AVOption swscale_options[] = {
-    { "sws_flags",       "scaler flags",                  OFFSET(flags),     AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS,  { .i64  = SWS_BILINEAR       }, 0,       UINT_MAX,       VE, "sws_flags" },
+    { "sws_flags",       "scaler flags",                  OFFSET(flags),     AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS,  { .i64  = SWS_BICUBIC        }, 0,      UINT_MAX,        VE, "sws_flags" },
     { "fast_bilinear",   "fast bilinear",                 0,                 AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST,  { .i64  = SWS_FAST_BILINEAR  }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX,        VE, "sws_flags" },
     { "bilinear",        "bilinear",                      0,                 AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST,  { .i64  = SWS_BILINEAR       }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX,        VE, "sws_flags" },
     { "bicubic",         "bicubic",                       0,                 AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST,  { .i64  = SWS_BICUBIC        }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX,        VE, "sws_flags" },
diff --git a/libswscale/version.h b/libswscale/version.h
index 06f119afb3..360ec820a9 100644
--- a/libswscale/version.h
+++ b/libswscale/version.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 #define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MINOR 5
-#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MICRO 100
+#define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MICRO 101
 
 #define LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBSWSCALE_VERSION_MINOR, \