diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b2cd720..e46abe4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,38 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.31.1 - 2025-12-20
+### Extractors
+#### Additions
+- [2chen] implement generic `2chen` board extractors
+  - support `https://schan.help/` ([#8680](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8680))
+- [aryion] add `watch` extractor ([#8705](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8705))
+- [comedywildlifephoto] add `gallery` extractor ([#8690](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8690))
+- [koofr] add `shared` extractor ([#8700](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8700))
+- [picazor] add `user` extractor ([#7083](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7083) [#7504](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7504) [#7795](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7795) [#8717](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8717))
+- [weebdex] add support ([#8722](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8722))
+- [xenforo] support `allthefallen.moe/forum` ([#3249](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/3249) [#8268](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8268))
+#### Fixes
+- [aryion:favorite] fix extraction ([#8705](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8705) [#8723](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8723) [#8728](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8728))
+- [aryion] fix `description` metadata
+- [boosty] include `Authorization` header with file downloads ([#8704](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8704))
+- [fanbox] make `_extract_post()` non-fatal ([#8711](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8711))
+- [furaffinity] fix `tags` metadata ([#8724](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8724))
+- [mastodon] fix `AttributeError: 'parse_datetime_iso'` ([#8709](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8709))
+- [tenor] fix `title` metadata
+- [twitter] fix `avatar` & `background` downloads with `"expand": true` ([#8698](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8698))
+#### Improvements
+- [boosty] warn about expired `auth` cookie tokens ([#8704](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8704))
+- [misskey] implement `order-posts` option ([#8516](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8516))
+- [reddit] use `"videos": "dash"` by default ([#8657](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8657))
+- [pixiv] warn about invalid `PHPSESSID` cookie ([#8689](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8689))
+### Downloaders
+- [ytdl] fix `UnboundLocalError: 'tries'` ([#8707](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8707))
+- [ytdl] respect `--no-skip`
+### Miscellaneous
+- [path] implement dynamic length directories ([#1350](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/1350))
+- [formatter] add `I` format specifier - identity
+- [tests] add `path` tests
+
 ## 1.31.0 - 2025-12-12
 ### Extractors
 #### Additions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3d5fc4e6..a557bb92 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ Standalone Executable
 Prebuilt executable files with a Python interpreter and
 required Python packages included are available for
 
-- `Windows <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.31.0/gallery-dl.exe>`__
+- `Windows <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.31.1/gallery-dl.exe>`__
   (Requires `Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (x86) <https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe>`__)
-- `Linux   <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.31.0/gallery-dl.bin>`__
+- `Linux   <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.31.1/gallery-dl.bin>`__
 
 
 Nightly Builds
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index 6dad7cfe..0dcb01a8 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.31.1-dev"
+__version__ = "1.31.1"
 __variant__ = None