diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d1b47db1..2209d0860 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Release Versions:
 
-- [3.1.0](#300)
+- [3.1.0](#301)
 - [3.0.0](#300)
 - [2.3.0](#230)
 - [2.2.0](#220)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6c8dc7eb2..fd2a01863 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v3.1.0
+3.1.0
diff --git a/doxygen/doxygen.conf b/doxygen/doxygen.conf
index b4ccd8eee..5585bb895 100644
--- a/doxygen/doxygen.conf
+++ b/doxygen/doxygen.conf
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "Modulo"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER = v3.1.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 3.1.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/source/modulo_component_interfaces/package.xml b/source/modulo_component_interfaces/package.xml
index 31aa0752e..7b9a231f1 100644
--- a/source/modulo_component_interfaces/package.xml
+++ b/source/modulo_component_interfaces/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
   <name>modulo_component_interfaces</name>
-  <version>v3.1.0</version>
+  <version>3.1.0</version>
   <description>Interface package for communicating with modulo components through the ROS framework</description>
   <maintainer email="enrico@aica.tech">Enrico Eberhard</maintainer>
   <license>GPLv3</license>
diff --git a/source/modulo_components/package.xml b/source/modulo_components/package.xml
index d91a1e954..fc43ca178 100644
--- a/source/modulo_components/package.xml
+++ b/source/modulo_components/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
   <name>modulo_components</name>
-  <version>v3.1.0</version>
+  <version>3.1.0</version>
   <description>Modulo base classes that wrap ROS2 Nodes as modular components for the AICA application framework</description>
   <maintainer email="baptiste@aica.tech">Baptiste Busch</maintainer>
   <maintainer email="enrico@aica.tech">Enrico Eberhard</maintainer>
diff --git a/source/modulo_core/package.xml b/source/modulo_core/package.xml
index dff96789c..6ffba21eb 100644
--- a/source/modulo_core/package.xml
+++ b/source/modulo_core/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
   <name>modulo_core</name>
-  <version>v3.1.0</version>
+  <version>3.1.0</version>
   <description>Modulo Core communication and translation utilities for interoperability with AICA Control Libraries</description>
   <maintainer email="baptiste@aica.tech">Baptiste Busch</maintainer>
   <maintainer email="enrico@aica.tech">Enrico Eberhard</maintainer>
diff --git a/source/modulo_utils/package.xml b/source/modulo_utils/package.xml
index 5350688a3..e449ae2e1 100644
--- a/source/modulo_utils/package.xml
+++ b/source/modulo_utils/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
   <name>modulo_utils</name>
-  <version>v3.1.0</version>
+  <version>3.1.0</version>
   <description>Modulo utils package for shared test fixtures</description>
   <maintainer email="dominic@aica.tech">Dominic Reber</maintainer>
   <license>GPLv3</license>