diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index bd2ac6f..19fbfe9 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Version 0.3.1 (2016-01-04):
+ * Add `sounddevice.check_input_settings()` and
+   `sounddevice.check_output_settings()`
+ * Send PortAudio output to ``/dev/null`` (on Linux and OSX)
+
 Version 0.3.0 (2015-10-28):
  * Remove `sounddevice.print_devices()`, `sounddevice.query_devices()` can be
    used instead, since it now returns a `sounddevice.DeviceList` object.
diff --git a/sounddevice.py b/sounddevice.py
index 7121be0..2ec506a 100644
--- a/sounddevice.py
+++ b/sounddevice.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 http://python-sounddevice.rtfd.org/
 
 """
-__version__ = "0.3.0"
+__version__ = "0.3.1"
 
 import atexit as _atexit
 from cffi import FFI as _FFI