diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 1f99fb90..d002af77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+3.1.1
+=====
+March 14, 2016
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+* cqlengine: Fix performance issue related to additional "COUNT" queries (PYTHON-522)
+
 3.1.0
 =====
 March 10, 2016
diff --git a/cassandra/__init__.py b/cassandra/__init__.py
index 7f47cc66..abce265e 100644
--- a/cassandra/__init__.py
+++ b/cassandra/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
 logging.getLogger('cassandra').addHandler(NullHandler())
 
 
-__version_info__ = (3, 1, 0)
+__version_info__ = (3, 1, 1)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))