diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d354409f..05170cd6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,47 @@
+============================
+GParted 0.31.0  (2018-03-19)
+============================
+
+Release Notes
+-------------
+  This release of GParted includes enhancements, bug fixes and
+  language translation updates.
+
+### Key changes include:
+
+  * Add support for changing UDF label/uuid and show UDF disk usage
+  * Rollback specific failed partition change steps
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+  * Report libparted messages in log at point in which these occur (#790842)
+  * Avoid libparted failing to inform kernel about partition changes (#790418)
+  * Rollback specific failed partition change steps (#791875)
+  * Add support for changing UDF label/uuid and show UDF disk usage (#792052)
+  * Base Min and Max size of the UDF partition/disk on block size (#787204)
+  * Reduce dependency on scrollkeeper (#743318)
+
+Code Credits
+------------
+  Code enhancements are courtesy of Pali Rohár, Mike Fleetwood, and
+  Curtis Gedak.
+
+Translations (new/updated)
+--------------------------
+  ar(Khaled Hosny), cs(Marek Cernocky), da(Alan Mortensen, Ask Hjorth Larsen),
+  de(Mario Blättermann, Christian Kirbach), es(Daniel Mustieles),
+  fr(Claude Paroz), hr(gogo), hu(Balázs Úr), id(Kukuh Syafaat),
+  it(Milo Casagrande), kk(Baurzhan Muftakhidinov), lt(Aurimas Černius),
+  lv(Rūdolfs Mazurs), nl(Justin van Steijn, Nathan Follens),
+  pl(Piotr Drąg), pt_BR(Rafael Fontenelle), ro(Daniel Șerbănescu),
+  sr(Мирослав Николић), sr@latin(Miroslav Nikolić), sv(Anders Jonsson)
+  vi(Trần Ngọc Quân)
+
+Dependencies (new/updated)
+--------------------------
+  * No change.
+
+
 ============================
 GParted 0.30.0  (2017-10-10)
 ============================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b6229702..43563bbf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([gparted],[0.30.0-git],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gparted])
+AC_INIT([gparted],[0.31.0],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gparted])
 AC_PREREQ([2.50])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cc])