Create Release Branch 3.1.X
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1563af..7f45e31 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.datasketches</groupId>
   <artifactId>datasketches-java</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>${project.artifactId}</name>