diff --git a/IDMETA b/IDMETA
index 47c7fabe..7bf2cf6a 100755
--- a/IDMETA
+++ b/IDMETA
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 DEBIAN_DIST="bullseye buster stretch jessie"
 UBUNTU_DIST="impish hirsute focal bionic xenial trusty"
 CENTOS_DIST="centos8 centos7"
-VERSION=5.31.0
+VERSION=5.31.1
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3e2f8b25..b6e7e032 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+--- 5.31.1 2021/12/19
+
+Fixed #61: yaz-url redirect segfault in case of redirect host failure.
+
+Update yaz_encode_uri_component for RFC3986. Previous implementation based
+on RFC2396.
+
 --- 5.31.0 2021/04/27
 
 Windows: nmake and NSIS updated for Visual Studio 2019, ICU 68.