diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 327f65d..3b91d48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Pending / unreleased
+## v3.1.6 / 2014 Mar 16
 
  * [#56] FIX: `defnp`/`p` head retention issue (kyptin).
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92a525d..5956aac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 **[API docs][]** | **[CHANGELOG][]** | [other Clojure libs][] | [Twitter][] | [contact/contributing](#contact--contributing) | current ([semantic][]) version:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/timbre "3.1.5"] ; 3.x is a non-breaking upgrade - see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/timbre "3.1.6"] ; 3.x is a non-breaking upgrade - see CHANGELOG for details
 ```
 
 Appender authors: please see [here](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/timbre/issues/41) about migrating Timbre 2.x appenders to 3.x's recommended style.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Logging with Java can be maddeningly, unnecessarily hard. Particularly if all yo
 Add the necessary dependency to your [Leiningen][] `project.clj` and use the supplied ns-import helper:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/timbre "3.1.5"] ; project.clj
+[com.taoensso/timbre "3.1.6"] ; project.clj
 
 (ns my-app (:require [taoensso.timbre :as timbre])) ; Your ns
 (timbre/refer-timbre) ; Provides useful Timbre aliases in this ns
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 4ec4a18..14ea84a 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "3.1.5"
+(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "3.1.6"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Clojure logging & profiling library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/timbre"