diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e0e56f59b..91d34d679 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+3.31.2
+======
+* Port away from and remove ShellGenericContainer [Georges; !153]
+* popupMenu: Fix keyboard activation when numlock is active [Andrea; #550]
+* Do not block all shortcuts while app folders are expanded [Florian; #648]
+* Fix regression in handling new input sources [Carlos; #691]
+* Reask password after udisk errors for no/wrong passwords [Sebastian; #640]
+* Improve performance of app icon animations [Daniel; !253, !261]
+* Avoid focus changes when updating keyboard options [Takao; #391]
+* notifications: Support icon theme names in 'image-path' hint [Marco; !285]
+* Respect natural-scroll setting for workspace swipe gesture [Erik; #516]
+* Confine window preview titles to workspace area [Florian; !214]
+* Misc. bug fixes [Florian, Carmen, Georges, Cosimo, Carlos; #602, #693,
+  #666, #647, !66, #768, #430, !286, !258, !287, gtk#1447]
+
+Contributors:
+  Andrea Azzarone, Carmen Bianca Bakker, Cosimo Cecchi, Sergio Costas,
+  Erik Duxstad, Takao Fujiwara, Carlos Garnacho, Florian Müllner,
+  Georges Basile Stavracas Neto, Sebastian Pinnau, Didier Roche, Jakub Steiner,
+  Marco Trevisan (Treviño), verdre, Daniel van Vugt
+
+Translators:
+  Kristjan SCHMIDT [eo], Dušan Kazik [sk], Matej Urbančič [sl],
+  Anish Sheela [ml], Rafael Fontenelle [pt_BR], Daniel Mustieles [es]
+
 3.30.1
 ======
 * Cancel search on overview hiding [Marco; !205]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bfe4ee8a6..7a7ae6ab1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell', 'c',
-  version: '3.30.1',
+  version: '3.31.2',
   meson_version: '>= 0.47.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ gi_req = '>= 1.49.1'
 gjs_req = '>= 1.47.0'
 gtk_req = '>= 3.15.0'
 json_glib_req = '>= 0.13.2'
-mutter_req = '>= 3.30.1'
+mutter_req = '>= 3.31.2'
 polkit_req = '>= 0.100'
 schemas_req = '>= 3.27.90'
 startup_req = '>= 0.11'