diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c38e12c7..3af301752 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,24 +7,26 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 This document is formatted according to the principles of [Keep A CHANGELOG](http://keepachangelog.com).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+## [31.0.0] - 2025-01-29
 ### Added
 - [All] Allow comment inside descriptions ([#334](https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/pull/334))
 - [.NET] Enabled overriding of parser's error-handling
 - [Python] Expose Python public API as package imports ([#352](https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/pull/352))
 - [Python] Added support for Python 3.13
 
-### Fixed
-- [c] slight update to existing CMakeFiles.txt to propagate VERSION. Close #320 ([#328](https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/pull/328))
-- [.NET] Improved parsing time
-- [.NET] Use string-ordinal comparison consistently and remove old Mono workaround
-- [.NET] Improved startup time
-
 ### Changed
 - [cpp] add generic support for ABI versioning with VERSION ([#328](https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/pull/328))
 - [cpp] namespace was changed to 'cucumber::gherkin' to better reflect project structure and prevent clashing
 - [.NET] Removed dependency on System.Text.Json and related logic in GherkinDialectProvider
 - [Elixir] Updates dependencies, bumps messages to 27.0.2
 
+### Fixed
+- [c] slight update to existing CMakeFiles.txt to propagate VERSION. Close #320 ([#328](https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/pull/328))
+- [.NET] Improved parsing time
+- [.NET] Use string-ordinal comparison consistently and remove old Mono workaround
+- [.NET] Improved startup time
+
 ### Removed
 - [Python] Dropped support for Python 3.8
 
@@ -731,7 +733,8 @@ This document is formatted according to the principles of [Keep A CHANGELOG](htt
 ### Changed
 - First release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/compare/v30.0.4...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/compare/v31.0.0...HEAD
+[31.0.0]: https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/compare/v30.0.4...v31.0.0
 [30.0.4]: https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/compare/v30.0.3...v30.0.4
 [30.0.3]: https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/compare/v30.0.2...v30.0.3
 [30.0.2]: https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/compare/v30.0.1...v30.0.2
diff --git a/c/VERSION b/c/VERSION
index 49ab61717..221a8da0b 100644
--- a/c/VERSION
+++ b/c/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-30.0.4
+31.0.0
diff --git a/cpp/VERSION b/cpp/VERSION
index 49ab61717..221a8da0b 100644
--- a/cpp/VERSION
+++ b/cpp/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-30.0.4
+31.0.0
diff --git a/dotnet/Gherkin/Gherkin.csproj b/dotnet/Gherkin/Gherkin.csproj
index d09704325..63daa2952 100644
--- a/dotnet/Gherkin/Gherkin.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/Gherkin/Gherkin.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Label="Version">
-    <VersionNumber>30.0.4</VersionNumber>
+    <VersionNumber>31.0.0</VersionNumber>
     <Version Condition="'$(SnapshotSuffix)' != ''">$(VersionNumber)-$(SnapshotSuffix)</Version>
     <Version Condition="'$(SnapshotSuffix)' == ''">$(VersionNumber)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <Product>Gherkin Parser</Product>
     <PackageId>Gherkin</PackageId>
     <Authors>Cucumber Ltd, Gaspar Nagy</Authors>
-    <Copyright>Copyright © Cucumber Ltd, Gaspar Nagy</Copyright>
+    <Copyright>Copyright &#xA9; Cucumber Ltd, Gaspar Nagy</Copyright>
     <Description>Cross-platform parser for the Gherkin language, used by Cucumber, SpecFlow and other Cucumber-based tools to parse feature files.</Description>
     <PackageTags>specflow gherkin cucumber</PackageTags>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin</PackageProjectUrl>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Gherkin.SourceGenerator\Gherkin.SourceGenerator.csproj" ReferenceOutputAssembly="false" OutputItemType="Analyzer" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Gherkin.SourceGenerator\Gherkin.SourceGenerator.csproj" ReferenceOutputAssembly="false" OutputItemType="Analyzer"/>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/elixir/mix.exs b/elixir/mix.exs
index 57fdbbd68..55d6d6c3d 100644
--- a/elixir/mix.exs
+++ b/elixir/mix.exs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defmodule CucumberGherkin.MixProject do
   def project do
     [
       app: :cucumber_gherkin,
-      version: "30.0.4",
+      version: "31.0.0",
       name: "CucumberGherkin",
       description: description(),
       package: package(),
diff --git a/go/gherkin-generate-tokens/gherkin-generate-tokens.go b/go/gherkin-generate-tokens/gherkin-generate-tokens.go
index 4c754388d..68eef14a2 100644
--- a/go/gherkin-generate-tokens/gherkin-generate-tokens.go
+++ b/go/gherkin-generate-tokens/gherkin-generate-tokens.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	gherkin "github.com/cucumber/gherkin/go/v30"
+	gherkin "github.com/cucumber/gherkin/go/v31"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
diff --git a/go/go.mod b/go/go.mod
index 6395509b8..3817c52f4 100644
--- a/go/go.mod
+++ b/go/go.mod
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module github.com/cucumber/gherkin/go/v30
+module github.com/cucumber/gherkin/go/v31
 
 require (
 	github.com/cucumber/messages/go/v24 v24.1.0
diff --git a/go/main/main.go b/go/main/main.go
index a792cd4e4..fe21a2ef3 100644
--- a/go/main/main.go
+++ b/go/main/main.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	gherkin "github.com/cucumber/gherkin/go/v30"
+	gherkin "github.com/cucumber/gherkin/go/v31"
 	"github.com/cucumber/messages/go/v24"
 	"os"
 )
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 28d8a7f8a..f4151f045 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
         <version>4.2.0</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>gherkin</artifactId>
-    <version>30.0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>31.0.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Gherkin</name>
     <description>Gherkin parser</description>
     <url>https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin</url>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.outputTimestamp>1731680948</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+        <project.build.outputTimestamp>1738172307</project.build.outputTimestamp>
         <project.Automatic-Module-Name>io.cucumber.gherkin</project.Automatic-Module-Name>
     </properties>
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/cucumber/gherkin.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:cucumber/gherkin.git</developerConnection>
         <url>git://github.com/cucumber/gherkin.git</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>v31.0.0</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/javascript/package-lock.json b/javascript/package-lock.json
index 4a3ef0af2..f4a229a05 100644
--- a/javascript/package-lock.json
+++ b/javascript/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cucumber/gherkin",
-  "version": "30.0.4",
+  "version": "31.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/javascript/package.json b/javascript/package.json
index e8a92c8f2..004a69d19 100644
--- a/javascript/package.json
+++ b/javascript/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cucumber/gherkin",
-  "version": "30.0.4",
+  "version": "31.0.0",
   "description": "Gherkin parser",
   "main": "dist/src/index.js",
   "types": "dist/src/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/perl/VERSION b/perl/VERSION
index 49ab61717..221a8da0b 100644
--- a/perl/VERSION
+++ b/perl/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-30.0.4
+31.0.0
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index a8905b5bb..3d43e4ca8 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "gherkin-official"
-version = "30.0.4"
+version = "31.0.0"
 description = "Gherkin parser (official, by Cucumber team)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
diff --git a/ruby/VERSION b/ruby/VERSION
index 49ab61717..221a8da0b 100644
--- a/ruby/VERSION
+++ b/ruby/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-30.0.4
+31.0.0