diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5ead6e5..4cb23c0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uphold"
-version = "1.30.0"
+version = "1.31.0"
 dependencies = [
  "encoding_rs",
  "globset",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 09c58fa..1a72ba6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "uphold"
-version = "1.30.0"
+version = "1.31.0"
 edition = "2024"
 # 1.90, and the floor is set by what the tree embeds rather than by taste: the
 # ripgrep stack -- globset 0.4.20 and ignore 0.4.33 in Cargo.lock -- refuses
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb9a445..8632ed7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ When last counted, on 2026-09-23, 88 repositories carried an uphold policy, all
 of them maintained by one person and the coding agents working in them.
 
 ```sh
-cargo install --git https://github.com/HackingGate/uphold --tag v1.30.0
+cargo install --git https://github.com/HackingGate/uphold --tag v1.31.0
 ```
 
 Or pin the pre-commit or lefthook manifest under [Install](#install).
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ needed (`language: rust` bootstraps it).
 default_install_hook_types: [pre-commit, commit-msg, pre-merge-commit, pre-push]
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/HackingGate/uphold
-    rev: v1.30.0
+    rev: v1.31.0
     hooks:
       - id: uphold-check            # the claims still hold
       - id: uphold-scan             # the content policy
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ bootstrapping a language, so the binary must be on PATH, from the
 # lefthook.yml
 remotes:
   - git_url: https://github.com/HackingGate/uphold
-    ref: v1.30.0
+    ref: v1.31.0
     configs:
       - hooks/lefthook.yml
 ```
diff --git a/hooks/lefthook.yml b/hooks/lefthook.yml
index 507bce0..ab34673 100644
--- a/hooks/lefthook.yml
+++ b/hooks/lefthook.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #   # lefthook.yml, in the consuming repository
 #   remotes:
 #     - git_url: https://github.com/HackingGate/uphold
-#       ref: v1.30.0
+#       ref: v1.31.0
 #       configs:
 #         - hooks/lefthook.yml
 #