diff --git a/bazel/external/wamr.BUILD b/bazel/external/wamr.BUILD
index 8c2955d57..0d2d5ff4b 100644
--- a/bazel/external/wamr.BUILD
+++ b/bazel/external/wamr.BUILD
@@ -12,11 +12,22 @@ filegroup(
 cmake(
     name = "wamr_lib",
     generate_args = [
+        # disable WASI
         "-DWAMR_BUILD_LIBC_WASI=0",
-        "-DWAMR_BUILD_MULTI_MODULE=0",
+        "-DWAMR_BUILD_LIBC_BUILTIN=0",
+        # MVP
+        "-DWAMR_BUILD_BULK_MEMORY=1",
+        "-DWAMR_BUILD_REF_TYPES=1",
+        "-DWAMR_BUILD_SIMD=1",
         "-DWAMR_BUILD_TAIL_CALL=1",
-        "-DWAMR_DISABLE_HW_BOUND_CHECK=0",
-        "-DWAMR_DISABLE_STACK_HW_BOUND_CHECK=1",
+        # name section
+        "-DWAMR_BUILD_CUSTOM_NAME_SECTION=1",
+        "-DWAMR_BUILD_LOAD_CUSTOM_SECTION=1",
+        # trap information
+        "-DWAMR_BUILD_DUMP_CALL_STACK=1",
+        # others
+        "-DWAMR_BUILD_MULTI_MODULE=0",
+        "-DWAMR_BUILD_WASM_CACHE=0",
         "-GNinja",
     ] + select({
         "@proxy_wasm_cpp_host//bazel:engine_wamr_jit": [
diff --git a/bazel/repositories.bzl b/bazel/repositories.bzl
index 57d12a2d3..e395d6135 100644
--- a/bazel/repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repositories.bzl
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ def proxy_wasm_cpp_host_repositories():
         http_archive,
         name = "com_github_bytecodealliance_wasm_micro_runtime",
         build_file = "@proxy_wasm_cpp_host//bazel/external:wamr.BUILD",
-        # WAMR-1.2.1
-        sha256 = "7548d4bbea8dbb9b005e83bd571f93a12fb3f0b5e87a8b0130f004dd92df4b0b",
-        strip_prefix = "wasm-micro-runtime-WAMR-1.2.1",
-        url = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasm-micro-runtime/archive/refs/tags/WAMR-1.2.1.zip",
+        # WAMR-1.3.1
+        sha256 = "4e34db792332f385fd479e1265d5eaa56705d7cf7ff3fd7734f536466aa29355",
+        strip_prefix = "wasm-micro-runtime-WAMR-1.3.1",
+        url = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasm-micro-runtime/archive/refs/tags/WAMR-1.3.1.zip",
     )
 
     native.bind(
diff --git a/src/wamr/types.h b/src/wamr/types.h
index 7252c5c3d..ba5595cfb 100644
--- a/src/wamr/types.h
+++ b/src/wamr/types.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 namespace proxy_wasm::wamr {
 
 using WasmEnginePtr = common::CSmartPtr<wasm_engine_t, wasm_engine_delete>;
+using WasmConfigPtr = common::CSmartPtr<wasm_config_t, wasm_config_delete>;
 using WasmFuncPtr = common::CSmartPtr<wasm_func_t, wasm_func_delete>;
 using WasmStorePtr = common::CSmartPtr<wasm_store_t, wasm_store_delete>;
 using WasmModulePtr = common::CSmartPtr<wasm_module_t, wasm_module_delete>;
diff --git a/src/wamr/wamr.cc b/src/wamr/wamr.cc
index ea3d140e7..262fc9b91 100644
--- a/src/wamr/wamr.cc
+++ b/src/wamr/wamr.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ struct HostFuncData {
 using HostFuncDataPtr = std::unique_ptr<HostFuncData>;
 
 wasm_engine_t *engine() {
-  static const auto engine = WasmEnginePtr(wasm_engine_new());
+  static auto engine_config = WasmConfigPtr(wasm_config_new());
+  // it is able to use wasm_config_set_xxx() to adjust wamr runtime features
+  // like: wasm_config_set_linux_perf_opt(engine_config.get(), true);
+  static const auto engine = WasmEnginePtr(wasm_engine_new_with_config(engine_config.get()));
   return engine.get();
 }
 
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ bool Wamr::load(std::string_view bytecode, std::string_view /*precompiled*/,
                             .num_elems = bytecode.size(),
                             .size_of_elem = sizeof(byte_t),
                             .lock = nullptr};
+
   module_ = wasm_module_new(store_.get(), &binary);
   if (module_ == nullptr) {
     return false;