diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 077a7d3c..267bb5e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) and [Keep a Ch
 
 ### Changes
 
+### Fixes
+
+
+## v3.3.1 (2024-04-08)
+
+### New
+
+### Changes
+
 ### Fixes
 - metadata sourced from file to the os env cannot be parsed if not compliant json, adding code to check for this
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 940c0174..bea438e9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.4.0.dev0
+3.3.1