diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 349a7d42c..0ee6e6a7f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ You might also want to look at the [Frequently Asked Questions](https://github.c
 
 Sarama provides a "2 releases + 2 months" compatibility guarantee: we support
 the two latest stable releases of Kafka and Go, and we provide a two month
-grace period for older releases. This means we currently officially support
-Go 1.16.x/1.17.x, and Kafka 2.8.x through 3.0.x, although older releases of
-Kafka are still likely to work.
+grace period for older releases. However, older releases of Kafka are still likely to work.
 
 Sarama follows semantic versioning and provides API stability via the gopkg.in service.
 You can import a version with a guaranteed stable API via http://gopkg.in/Shopify/sarama.v1.
diff --git a/dev.yml b/dev.yml
index 05448a884..e2acb38bb 100644
--- a/dev.yml
+++ b/dev.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: sarama
 
 up:
   - go:
-      version: '1.17.1'
+      version: '1.17.6'
 
 commands:
   test:
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 4ff973033..14070a83f 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ var (
 	V2_8_0_0  = newKafkaVersion(2, 8, 0, 0)
 	V2_8_1_0  = newKafkaVersion(2, 8, 1, 0)
 	V3_0_0_0  = newKafkaVersion(3, 0, 0, 0)
+	V3_1_0_0  = newKafkaVersion(3, 1, 0, 0)
 
 	SupportedVersions = []KafkaVersion{
 		V0_8_2_0,
@@ -221,9 +222,10 @@ var (
 		V2_8_0_0,
 		V2_8_1_0,
 		V3_0_0_0,
+		V3_1_0_0,
 	}
 	MinVersion     = V0_8_2_0
-	MaxVersion     = V3_0_0_0
+	MaxVersion     = V3_1_0_0
 	DefaultVersion = V1_0_0_0
 )