diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index aca79be5d..b3fffbd5e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Release 3.1.0 (in development)
-==============================
+Release 3.1.0 (released Jun 08, 2020)
+=====================================
 
 Dependencies
 ------------
@@ -156,30 +156,9 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #7763: C and C++, don't crash during display stringification of unary
   expressions and fold expressions.
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 3.0.5 (in development)
 ==============================
 
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-Incompatible changes
---------------------
-
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
-
-Bugs fixed
-----------
-
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 3.0.4 (released May 27, 2020)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 8caea80d0..e5aff31e0 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if 'PYTHONWARNINGS' not in os.environ:
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '3.1.0+'
+__version__ = '3.1.0'
 __released__ = '3.1.0'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ __released__ = '3.1.0'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (3, 1, 0, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (3, 1, 0, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))