diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 6876e8d..31d9085 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.0.1
+current_version = 3.1.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b93a2ba..46b1fac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 setup(
     name="yyjson",
     packages=find_packages(),
-    version="3.0.1",
+    version="3.1.0",
     description="yyjson bindings for python",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",