diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 2034dae0719f..2215e17c1f3f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ configurations.configureEach {
 def versionMajor = 3
 def versionMinor = 31
 def versionPatch = 0
-def versionBuild = 0 // 0-50=Alpha / 51-98=RC / 90-99=stable
+def versionBuild = 51 // 0-50=Alpha / 51-98=RC / 90-99=stable
 
 
 def ndkEnv = new HashMap<String, String>()
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/30310051.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/30310051.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..acb22d83606d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/30310051.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+## 3.31.0 RC1 (January 23, 2025)
+
+- Minimum supported version is Android 7.1
+- Minimum supported server version is Nextcloud 18
+- Add Android 15 support
+- Add recommended files support
+- Add files download limit support
+- Support colored tags
+- Improve RTL support
+- Bugfixes
+
+Minimum: NC 18 Server, Android 7.1 Nougat
+
+For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/android/milestone/100
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/30310051.txt.license b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/30310051.txt.license
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3804756b12c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/30310051.txt.license
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
\ No newline at end of file