diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6df0b572..c166795e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
 
+## v2.31.1 (2025-07-29)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- **image_base**: Fix cleanup of uninitialized image layer
+  ([`c1bdc50`](https://github.com/bec-project/bec_widgets/commit/c1bdc506e8099f178acdccbe0e1109deeeaaca38))
+
+
 ## v2.31.0 (2025-07-29)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6a068833..1372a044 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "bec_widgets"
-version = "2.31.0"
+version = "2.31.1"
 description = "BEC Widgets"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [