diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0a33eee1..62a463915 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog 
 
+## 1.31.0
+
+- always describe the context of the displayed error #1451
+
+- do not emit `DC_EVENT_ERROR` when message sending fails;
+  `dc_msg_get_state()` and `dc_get_msg_info()` are sufficient #1451
+
+- new config-option `media_quality` #1449
+
+- try over if writing message to database fails #1447
+
+
 ## 1.30.0
 
 - expunge deleted messages #1440
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 700d553e8..6b69b5987 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.30.0"
+version = "1.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow 1.0.28 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "async-imap 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -695,10 +695,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.30.0"
+version = "1.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow 1.0.28 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "deltachat 1.30.0",
+ "deltachat 1.31.0",
  "human-panic 1.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.67 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-traits 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 811ae9359..46a356eb5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.30.0"
+version = "1.31.0"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 5bf9607ee..c604906a8 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.30.0"
+version = "1.31.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"