diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index a69c522..995ddbe 100644
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Application Version
-const Version = "0.3.0"
+const Version = "0.3.1"
 
 // Options represents bulk indexing options
 type Options struct {
diff --git a/debian/esbulk/DEBIAN/control b/debian/esbulk/DEBIAN/control
index 5679f03..fa08724 100644
--- a/debian/esbulk/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/debian/esbulk/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: esbulk
-Version: 0.3.0
+Version: 0.3.1
 Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: amd64
diff --git a/packaging/esbulk.spec b/packaging/esbulk.spec
index 56d6772..8b8ed4b 100644
--- a/packaging/esbulk.spec
+++ b/packaging/esbulk.spec
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ rm -rf %{_topdir}/BUILD/%{name}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Nov 30 2014 Martin Czygan
+- 0.3.1 release
+- fix index.refresh_interval settings, make indexing 10-30% faster
+
 * Sun Nov 30 2014 Martin Czygan
 - 0.3 release
 - backwards-incompatible changes: removed -q, added -verbose