diff --git a/sumpy/version.py b/sumpy/version.py
index e03da04bdf33790bb345d78e6469f9c9feb5b9a6..1e16d5d5f92586486f5f114e393e9e1e8e534830 100644
--- a/sumpy/version.py
+++ b/sumpy/version.py
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS
 # branch name, so as to avoid conflicts with the master branch. Make sure
 # to reset this to the next number up with "master" before merging into
 # master.
-KERNEL_VERSION = ("master", 30)
+KERNEL_VERSION = ("master", 31)