diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0ea33ff..884311e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: rotl
 Title: Interface to the 'Open Tree of Life' API
-Version: 3.0.16
+Version: 3.1.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Francois",
              family = "Michonneau",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 99e4769..6bb3dc1 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# rotl 3.0.16
+# rotl 3.1.0
 
 ## Breaking change
 
diff --git a/codemeta.json b/codemeta.json
index 468429e..d95be9a 100644
--- a/codemeta.json
+++ b/codemeta.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "codeRepository": "https://github.com/ropensci/rotl",
   "issueTracker": "https://github.com/ropensci/rotl/issues",
   "license": "https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause",
-  "version": "3.0.16",
+  "version": "3.1.0",
   "programmingLanguage": {
     "@type": "ComputerLanguage",
     "name": "R",
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
   },
   "isPartOf": "https://ropensci.org",
   "keywords": ["metadata", "ropensci", "phylogenetics", "independant-contrasts", "biodiversity", "r", "rstats", "r-package", "taxonomy", "phylogeny", "peer-reviewed"],
-  "fileSize": "763.306KB",
+  "fileSize": "762.421KB",
   "citation": [
     {
       "@type": "ScholarlyArticle",
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
   ],
   "releaseNotes": "https://github.com/ropensci/rotl/blob/master/NEWS.md",
   "readme": "https://github.com/ropensci/rotl/blob/master/README.md",
-  "contIntegration": ["https://github.com/ropensci/rotl/actions", "https://codecov.io/github/ropensci/rotl?branch=master", "https://github.com/ropensci/rotl/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml"],
+  "contIntegration": ["https://github.com/ropensci/rotl/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml", "https://app.codecov.io/github/ropensci/rotl?branch=master"],
   "developmentStatus": "https://www.repostatus.org/#active",
   "review": {
     "@type": "Review",
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index aba88cc..6f1a787 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 
 ## Downstream dependencies
 
-* no changes
+* I informed the maintainers of the datelife package of the upcoming release
+  and provided a pull request for the check failures that this new version of
+  the package cause: https://github.com/phylotastic/datelife/pull/83