3.1 version
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index d41384b..e296544 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
'sstableloader' tool. You can upgrade the file format of your snapshots
using the provided 'sstableupgrade' tool.
-3.0.1
+3.1
=====
Upgrading
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 706714a..0714269 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * New release
+
+ -- Jake Luciani <jake@apache.org> Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:00:04 -0500
+
cassandra (3.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium
* New release
