diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 921bc4a583..5cc86fb2a7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2.3.1rc4 to 2.3.1:
+  - Fix variable name in log record; complement to #11879 (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #11908
+
+
 2.3.1rc3 to 2.3.1rc4:
   - Correctly pass dbsUrl to the locationsFromMSPileup method (Todor Ivanov) #11906
 
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
index fd3003b891..f1571ae1ab 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.3.1rc4'
+__version__ = '2.3.1'
 __all__ = []