diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 255d871ea..cbea13f73 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ android {
         // Version code schema:
         // "1.2.3-beta4"    -> 1020304
         // "1.2.3"          -> 1020395
-        versionCode 3000295
-        versionName "3.0.2"
+        versionCode 3010001
+        versionName "3.1.0-beta1"
 
         def commit = ""
         try {
diff --git a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-US/default.txt b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-US/default.txt
index 57ca70d8e..eb8f6d4db 100644
--- a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-US/default.txt
+++ b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-US/default.txt
@@ -1,7 +1 @@
-∙ Add Home screen, with quick access to the queued and latest episodes, favourite podcasts and surprise suggestions (@ByteHamster)
-∙ Apply Material Design 3, including a theme colour based on your wallpaper [Android 12+ only] (idem)
-∙ Better spread episodes while using smart shuffle (idem)
-∙ Enable multi-select in Inbox (idem)
-∙ Other improvements (e.g. for local feeds) and bugfixes (idem)
-∙ Refreshed icon/branding (Ryan Gorley/Freehive)
-∙ Allow editing podcast feed URLs (@ricardoborgesjr)
+This is a beta release.