diff --git a/dev/checklists/release.md b/dev/checklists/release.md
index ee8563d77..49555bb1b 100644
--- a/dev/checklists/release.md
+++ b/dev/checklists/release.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
   Push to pypi
     ```
     rm -rf dist/
+    rm -rf build/
     python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
     chmod -R a+rX dist
     ls dist/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d06855ec5..c8e7e169c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # tox can't actually run python3 setup.py: https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/issues/96
 # from visidata import __version__
-__version__ = "3.1"
+__version__ = "3.1.1"
 
 setup(
     name="visidata",
diff --git a/visidata/__init__.py b/visidata/__init__.py
index 3b1fe50ca..ee77aa926 100644
--- a/visidata/__init__.py
+++ b/visidata/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'VisiData: a curses interface for exploring and arranging tabular data'
 
-__version__ = '3.1'
+__version__ = '3.1.1'
 __version_info__ = 'VisiData v' + __version__
 __author__ = 'Saul Pwanson <vd@saul.pw>'
 __status__ = 'Production/Stable'
diff --git a/visidata/main.py b/visidata/main.py
index 8bbfb5981..997e26094 100755
--- a/visidata/main.py
+++ b/visidata/main.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Usage: $0 [<options>] [<input> ...]
 #        $0 [<options>] --play <cmdlog> [--batch] [-w <waitsecs>] [-o <output>] [field=value ...]
 
-__version__ = '3.1'
+__version__ = '3.1.1'
 __version_info__ = 'saul.pw/VisiData v' + __version__
 
 from copy import copy