diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 507727cee541165e3cd6557ca4916ad2e4216153..2fa92e2a5e50f1f4a994222f77a328126177b82d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <property name="php-cs-fixers" value="no_blank_lines_before_namespaces,function_call_space,trailing_spaces,unused_use,lowercase_keywords,encoding,parenthesis,php_closing_tag,visibility,duplicate_semicolon,extra_empty_lines,no_blank_lines_after_class_opening,no_empty_lines_after_phpdocs,operators_spaces,spaces_before_semicolon,ternary_spaces,concat_with_spaces,short_array_syntax,phpdoc_no_access,remove_leading_slash_use,eof_ending" />
 
 
-  <property name="version" value="3.0.3" />
+  <property name="version" value="3.1" />
 
   <!-- We only need the -p switch if the password is non-blank -->
   <if><not><equals arg1="${mysqlrootpass}" arg2="" /></not><then>
diff --git a/config/vufind/config.ini b/config/vufind/config.ini
index 3f32949cdb3e09278b083d15cf75331adc11fa14..b0b9bf04c4a8ebb3a2a48a98bb3f3927df960ea4 100644
--- a/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ showBulkOptions = false
 ; Should users be allowed to save searches in their accounts?
 allowSavedSearches = true
 ; Generator value to display in an HTML header <meta> tag:
-generator = "VuFind 3.0.3"
+generator = "VuFind 3.1"
 
 ; This section allows you to configure the mechanism used for storing user
 ; sessions.  Available types: File, Memcache, Database.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3c35c34aa7520131b222700b53c7c79f41dc9d4f..2cad96f30a236ea338a3925356fff9b23c8d3c17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vufind",
-  "version": "3.0.3",
+  "version": "3.1",
   "description": "Dev tools to handle css preprocessing, js magic, and compression",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
index 06dce5e387af115f9d83a202d0b134fbda5306c1..ae16af01b8f4f5dbd29c395952928169825aeef1 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vufind 3.1 distribution; urgency=low
+
+  * VuFind 3.1 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
+
+ -- maintainer VuFind Project Administration Team <vufind-admins@lists.sourceforge.net>  Mo 26 Sep 2016 10:30:43 UTC
+
 vufind 3.0.3 distribution; urgency=low
 
   * VuFind 3.0.3 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/control b/packages/DEBIAN/control
index 059764350cc8d0b5fb97766472d0dfbfa932ea55..8b8f8d58583b8e13b9e192a623872c76f777d17a 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: vufind
-Version: 3.0.3
+Version: 3.1
 Section: World Wide Web
 Priority: Optional
 Architecture: all