diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a6733bf2b..f8139b012 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project(MAPTK)
 #
 set(MAPTK_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(MAPTK_VERSION_MINOR 3)
-set(MAPTK_VERSION_PATCH 0)
+set(MAPTK_VERSION_PATCH 1)
 set(MAPTK_VERSION "${MAPTK_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MAPTK_VERSION_MINOR}.${MAPTK_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 
diff --git a/doc/rel_notes/0.3.1.txt b/doc/rel_notes/0.3.1.txt
index 3fe9ba7b8..8e8df10d9 100644
--- a/doc/rel_notes/0.3.1.txt
+++ b/doc/rel_notes/0.3.1.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 MAPTK v0.3.1 Release Notes
 ==========================
 
-
-Updates since v0.3.0
---------------------
+Minor patch release since v0.3.0 containing bug fixes as described below.
 
 
 Fixes since v0.3.0