diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: RMariaDB
 Title: Database Interface and MariaDB Driver
-Version: 1.3.0.9001
+Version: 1.3.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kirill", "Müller", , "kirill@cynkra.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1416-3412")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
-# RMariaDB 1.3.0.9001 (2023-10-26)
-
-## Chore
-
-- Resurrect missing NEWS items.
+# RMariaDB 1.3.1 (2023-10-26)
 
+## Features
 
-# RMariaDB 1.3.0.9000 (2023-10-24)
+- Support `dbSendStatement(immediate = TRUE)` and `dbExecute(immediate = TRUE)`, needs `CLIENT_MULTI_STATEMENTS` (#147, #312).
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
 - Fix memory leak (#309, #311).
-
 - Fix compilation on CentOS 7 (#310).
-
 - `dbConnection(groups = )` works as documented again, regression introduced in RMariaDB 1.3.0 (@pekkarr, #306).
 
-## Features
-
-- Support `dbSendStatement(immediate = TRUE)` and `dbExecute(immediate = TRUE)`, needs `CLIENT_MULTI_STATEMENTS` (#147, #312).
-
 ## Documentation
 
 - Update docs for client flags (#313).
 
 
-# RMariaDB 1.2.2.9010 (2023-10-10)
-
-## Bug fixes
-
-- `dbConnection(groups = )` works as documented again, regression introduced in RMariaDB 1.3.0 (@pekkarr, #306).
-
-
 # RMariaDB 1.3.0 (2023-10-08)
 
 ## Features
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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-RMariaDB 1.2.2.9009
-
-## Cran Repository Policy
-
-- [x] Reviewed CRP last edited 2023-08-15.
-
-## R CMD check results
-
-- [x] Checked locally, R 4.3.1
-- [x] Checked on CI system, R 4.3.1
-- [x] Checked on win-builder, R devel
+RMariaDB 1.3.1
 
 ## Current CRAN check results
 
-- [x] Checked on 2023-10-08, problems found: https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_RMariaDB.html
+- [x] Checked on 2023-10-26, problems found: https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_RMariaDB.html
 - [x] NOTE: r-release-macos-arm64, r-release-macos-x86_64, r-oldrel-macos-arm64, r-oldrel-macos-x86_64: Large binary