diff --git a/setup-mini.cfg b/setup-mini.cfg
index 91eb3b51140..fad373270cd 100644
--- a/setup-mini.cfg
+++ b/setup-mini.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = scancode-toolkit-mini
-version = 31.0.2
+version = 31.2.0
 license = Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0 AND LicenseRef-scancode-other-permissive AND LicenseRef-scancode-other-copyleft
 
 # description must be on ONE line https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/1390
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5373ef15884..9b58552add9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = scancode-toolkit
-version = 31.0.2
+version = 31.2.0
 license = Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0 AND LicenseRef-scancode-other-permissive AND LicenseRef-scancode-other-copyleft
 
 # description must be on ONE line https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/1390
diff --git a/src/scancode_config.py b/src/scancode_config.py
index 8ea725fc6b0..341b8c48ea9 100644
--- a/src/scancode_config.py
+++ b/src/scancode_config.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def _create_dir(location):
 
 # in case package is not installed or we do not have setutools/pkg_resources
 # on hand fall back to this version
-__version__ = '31.0.2'
+__version__ = '31.2.0'
 
 # used to warn user when the version is out of date
 __release_date__ = datetime.datetime(2022, 8, 24)