diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de57fb3f..81f46603 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 > This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md) as of **Aug 16, 2014**.
 
+## v3.1.0-RC1 / 2020 Oct 24
+
+```clojure
+[com.taoensso/nippy "3.1.0-RC1"]
+```
+
+> This is a non-breaking, minor feature release.
+
+#### New since `v3.0.0`
+
+* [#128 #135] Added native `freeze/thaw` support for `java.time.Instant` on JVM 8+ (@cnuernber).
+
+
 ## v3.0.0 / 2020 Sep 20
 
 ```clojure
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e95de244..66d7ae36 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 **[CHANGELOG]** | [API] | current [Break Version]:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "3.0.0"] ; See CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/nippy "3.1.0-RC1"] ; Dev, see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/nippy "3.0.0"]     ; Stable
 ```
 
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diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 651a4a05..249c82ee 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "3.0.0"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "3.1.0-RC1"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "High-performance serialization library for Clojure"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"