diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## XAVIER development version
 
+## XAVIER 3.1.1
+
 - New contributing guide available on GitHub and the documentation website. (#114, @kelly-sovacool)
 - New `xavier debug` subcommand to determine the base directory for debugging purposes. (#114, @kelly-sovacool)
 - Upgraded `ccbr_wes_base` docker to v1.1.0 with updated GATK version to v4.6.0.0 (#116, @samarth8392)
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
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@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ identifiers:
   - description: Archived snapshots of all versions
     type: doi
     value: 10.5281/zenodo.12727315
-version: v3.1.0
-date-released: "2024-08-27"
+version: v3.1.1
+date-released: "2024-10-02"
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.0-dev
+3.1.1-dev