diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 70884fcfa..dae1690c0 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Release Notes and History
 
 | <div style="width:300%">[Versions]</div> | Update summary   |
 | ------------- | ------------------------------------- |
+| [v3.1.2]      | Technical update
 | [v3.1.1]      | Technical and documentation update
 | [v3.1]        | New metric added: **Precipitation Benchmarking -- distribution bimodality**
 | [v3.0.2]      | Minor patch and more documentation added
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ Release Notes and History
 
 
 [Versions]: https://github.com/PCMDI/pcmdi_metrics/releases
+[v3.1.2]: https://github.com/PCMDI/pcmdi_metrics/releases/tag/v3.1.2
 [v3.1.1]: https://github.com/PCMDI/pcmdi_metrics/releases/tag/v3.1.1
 [v3.1]: https://github.com/PCMDI/pcmdi_metrics/releases/tag/v3.1
 [v3.0.2]: https://github.com/PCMDI/pcmdi_metrics/releases/tag/v3.0.2
diff --git a/conda-env/dev.yml b/conda-env/dev.yml
index 31788ad64..4ba49e993 100644
--- a/conda-env/dev.yml
+++ b/conda-env/dev.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies:
     - eofs=1.4.0
     - seaborn=0.12.2
     - enso_metrics=1.1.1
-    - xcdat=0.5.0
+    - xcdat>=0.6.1
     - xmltodict=0.13.0
     - setuptools=67.7.2
     - netcdf4=1.6.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c200fc318..70b8075b1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 else:
     install_dev = False
 
-release_version = "3.1"
+release_version = "3.1.2"
 
 p = subprocess.Popen(
     ("git", "describe", "--tags"),