diff --git a/patchwork/__init__.py b/patchwork/__init__.py
index bc6cf92b..abe88ec6 100644
--- a/patchwork/__init__.py
+++ b/patchwork/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 
 from patchwork.version import get_latest_version
 
-VERSION = (3, 1, 0, 'alpha', 0)
+VERSION = (3, 1, 0)
 
 __version__ = get_latest_version(VERSION)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/prelude-3_1-2a3c55edcd2a5a38.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/prelude-3_1-2a3c55edcd2a5a38.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aab34f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/prelude-3_1-2a3c55edcd2a5a38.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+prelude: >
+    This release is one of the smaller releases. The primary new feature is
+    the ability to mark comments as addressed/unaddressed, allowing maintainers
+    to track work items. In addition, two new events have been added to the
+    ``/events`` API: ``cover-comment-created`` and ``patch-comment-created``.
+    Recent versions of Python (3.10) and Django (3.2, 4.0) are now supported,
+    while support for older Python (3.6) and Django (2.2, 3.0, 3.1) versions
+    has been removed. More information on all the above is included below.