diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7610e43818..19e7508899 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
     https://github.com/radical-cybertools/radical.pilot/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+
 
 
+0.31 Release                                               2015-04-30
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  - version bump to trigger pypi release update
+
+
 0.30 Release                                               2015-04-29
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f7c6c31b62..48b9990e0b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.30
+0.31