diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 0a256ac..9ef494b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog for package dual_laser_merger
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+0.3.1 (2024-11-23)
+------------------
 * minor version bump denoting ros2 distro - jazzy
 
 0.0.1 (2024-11-22)
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index bcbb0a5..bfad631 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/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>dual_laser_merger</name>
-  <version>0.3.0</version>
+  <version>0.3.1</version>
   <description>merge dual lidar's scans.</description>
   <maintainer email="pradyum.30@gmail.com">pradyum</maintainer>
   <license>Apache-2.0</license>