diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index fc89ba4545..3e020524b4 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 ---
 
-### Make sure you are using the *latest* version: run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is *2016.10.30*. If it's not read [this FAQ entry](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.
-- [ ] I've **verified** and **I assure** that I'm running youtube-dl **2016.10.30**
+### Make sure you are using the *latest* version: run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is *2016.10.31*. If it's not read [this FAQ entry](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl) and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.
+- [ ] I've **verified** and **I assure** that I'm running youtube-dl **2016.10.31**
 
 ### Before submitting an *issue* make sure you have:
 - [ ] At least skimmed through [README](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md) and **most notably** [FAQ](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#faq) and [BUGS](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#bugs) sections
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ $ youtube-dl -v <your command line>
 [debug] User config: []
 [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
 [debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
-[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.10.30
+[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.10.31
 [debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
 [debug] Proxy map: {}
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 29f52cbe8e..0b5a5c1f81 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ Say `meta` from the previous example has a `title` and you are about to extract
 title = meta['title']
 ```
 
-If `title` disappeares from `meta` in future due to some changes on the hoster's side the extraction would fail since `title` is mandatory. That's expected.
+If `title` disappears from `meta` in future due to some changes on the hoster's side the extraction would fail since `title` is mandatory. That's expected.
 
 Assume that you have some another source you can extract `title` from, for example `og:title` HTML meta of a `webpage`. In this case you can provide a fallback scenario:
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/version.py b/youtube_dl/version.py
index f20f3dfe23..16274c22db 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/version.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = '2016.10.30'
+__version__ = '2016.10.31'