diff --git a/bin/snippy b/bin/snippy
index ce8a9e6..cbf9ee8 100755
--- a/bin/snippy
+++ b/bin/snippy
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use Bio::Tools::GFF;
 
 my $EXE = $FindBin::RealScript;
 my $BINDIR = $FindBin::RealBin;
-my $VERSION = "3.1-beta";
+my $VERSION = "3.1";
 my $SYNOPSIS = "fast bacterial variant calling from NGS reads";
 my $AUTHOR = 'Torsten Seemann <torsten.seemann@gmail.com>';
 my $URL = 'https://github.com/tseemann/snippy';