diff --git a/lib/tempfile.rb b/lib/tempfile.rb
index 37df96f63a..f3213c5684 100644
--- a/lib/tempfile.rb
+++ b/lib/tempfile.rb
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ require 'tmpdir'
 class Tempfile < DelegateClass(File)
 
   # The version
-  VERSION = "0.3.0"
+  VERSION = "0.3.1"
 
   # Creates a file in the underlying file system;
   # returns a new \Tempfile object based on that file.