diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 51d0196..5aa202b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-protocol"
-version = "3.0.0"
+version = "3.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy",
  "blake3",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 14466a3..6c5beb7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ant-protocol"
-version = "3.0.0"
+version = "3.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 description = "Wire protocol for the Autonomi decentralized network (WithAutonomi fork)"