diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4ce4543..a8dc374 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+2.031 2024-10-28
 - add default SIG{TERM,INT,QUIT,HUP} handler to close more gracefully
 - handle glx etc warnings from Gnuplot (https://github.com/PDLPorters/PDL-Graphics-Simple/issues/10) - thanks @eserte for report
 
diff --git a/lib/PDL/Graphics/Gnuplot.pm b/lib/PDL/Graphics/Gnuplot.pm
index c689d82..63d49da 100644
--- a/lib/PDL/Graphics/Gnuplot.pm
+++ b/lib/PDL/Graphics/Gnuplot.pm
@@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@ our $echo_eating = 0;                             # Older versions of gnuplot on
 our $debug_echo = 0;                              # If set, mock up Losedows half-duplex pipes
 
 
-our $VERSION = '2.030';
+our $VERSION = '2.031';
 $VERSION = eval $VERSION;
 
 our $gp_version = undef;    # eventually gets the extracted gnuplot(1) version number.