diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 1a639d54..90652328 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LICENSE:
         limitations under the License.
 
 COPYRIGHT: (ordered alphabetically)
-        Copyright (C) 2016-2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+        Copyright (C) 2016-2022 Red Hat, Inc.
 
 AUTHORS: (ordered alphabetically)
         Chris Paulson-Ellis <chris.paulson-ellis@motorolasolutions.com>
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index bfeb521d..57d6e24b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # dbus-broker - Linux D-Bus Message Broker
 
+## CHANGES WITH 31:
+
+        * Fix assertion failures in the user accounting, uncovered by the
+          changes to accounting in v30.
+
+        * Fix a memory leak in service-file re-loading, in particular in the
+          command-line argument handling.
+
+        * Fix a set of UBs related to memcpy(3), memset(3), and others, called
+          with NULL on empty memory areas.
+
+        Contributions from: David Rheinsberg, Evgeny Vereshchagin, Mel34,
+                            Torge Matthies
+
+        - Dußlingen, 2022-05-16
+
 ## CHANGES WITH 30:
 
         * Pull in subprojects via meson wraps. Subprojects are no longer
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e265785b..738036a0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ project(
         ],
         license: 'Apache',
         meson_version: '>=0.60.0',
-        version: '30',
+        version: '31',
 )
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')