Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900)
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness
Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude; Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter
Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure; Human Factors
Shortly after leveling off at 10000 ft we experienced wake turbulence with an updraft causing the aircraft to rise above our target altitude.  I immediately returned the aircraft to our assigned altitude.Vigilant monitoring with the expectation of wake turbulence and/or windshear will aid in a faster response time to corrective action.
During initial climbout after taking off from DFW; we leveled at 10;000 as instructed by ATC. Shortly after that; we noticed the airplane started to gain some altitude; and the FO (PF) quickly corrected it. We believe this was due the effects of wake turbulence.Suggest using autopilot (we were performing a non RNAV departure out of DFW). In my opinion; having autopilot OFF at the moment of the incident helped to correct deviation in a faster way. However; keeping it ON may be beneficial in terms of extra vigilance for nearby airplanes that may create wake turbulence.
CRJ-900 flight crew reported deviating from their cleared altitude after encountering wake turbulence.