diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a968483..70a479e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org).
 
+## [3.1.0] - 2020-08-26
+### Added
+- Allow `repo#create_pr` to be called without setting labels
+
 ## [3.0.1] - 2020-07-29
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed error handling logic when forking to retry when Github returns 404 (because that implies the repo hasn't yet finished forking)
diff --git a/gordian/repo.py b/gordian/repo.py
index 2029727..2cd569c 100644
--- a/gordian/repo.py
+++ b/gordian/repo.py
@@ -210,14 +210,15 @@ def delete_file(self, file, message, dry_run=False):
             branch=self.branch_name
         )
 
-    def create_pr(self, pr_message, pr_body, target_branch, labels):
+    def create_pr(self, pr_message, pr_body, target_branch, labels=[]):
         pr = self._target_repo.create_pull(
             pr_message,
             pr_body,
             target_branch,
             f'{self._source_repo.owner.login}:{self.branch_name}'
         )
-        pr.set_labels(*labels)
+        if labels:
+            pr.set_labels(*labels)
         return pr
 
     def _get_new_version(self):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d01ce8..7edb97c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 setup_reqs = ['pytest', 'pytest-cov', 'pytest-runner', 'flake8']
 setuptools.setup(
     name="gordian",
-    version="3.0.1",
+    version="3.1.0",
     author="Intuit",
     author_email="cg-sre@intuit.com",
     description="A tool to search and replace files in a Git repo",
diff --git a/tests/test_repo.py b/tests/test_repo.py
index 60f76ce..366ae6f 100644
--- a/tests/test_repo.py
+++ b/tests/test_repo.py
@@ -110,6 +110,17 @@ def test_create_pr(self):
         pr.set_labels.assert_called_once_with('test')
         repo._source_repo.create_pull.assert_not_called()
 
+    def test_create_pr_no_labels(self):
+        repo = Repo(None, branch='', github=self.mock_git)
+        repo._target_repo = MagicMock()
+        repo._source_repo = MagicMock()
+        repo._source_repo.owner.login = 'someone'
+        repo.branch_name = 'branch'
+        pr = repo.create_pr('test', '', 'target_branch')
+        repo._target_repo.create_pull.assert_called_once_with('test', '', 'target_branch', 'someone:branch')
+        pr.set_labels.assert_not_called()
+        repo._source_repo.create_pull.assert_not_called()
+
     def test__get_new_version_major(self):
         version_file = MagicMock()
         version_file.decoded_content = '1.2.3'.encode('utf-8')