diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index c98b94846..7be494c44 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The :doc:`ssh kitten <kittens/ssh>` is redesigned with powerful new features:
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
-0.31.0 [future]
+0.31.0 [2023-11-08]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 - Allow :ac:`easily running arbitrarily complex remote control scripts <remote_control_script>` without needing to turn on remote control (:iss:`6712`)
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 08ae81715..93d467b59 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 30, 1)
+version: Version = Version(0, 31, 0)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat