diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index d93797c0da..b099980039 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+3.1.9 (2018-11-01)
+==================
+* Convert the furl instance to text to allow serializing it into
+  JSON to be passed as arguments to the background task.
+
 3.1.8 (2018-10-31)
 ==================
 * Reorganize documentation into topics and chapters.
diff --git a/docker/version b/docker/version
index c848fb9cb4..7148b0a991 100755
--- a/docker/version
+++ b/docker/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.8
+3.1.9
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.1.9.rst b/docs/releases/3.1.9.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..793099d7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/3.1.9.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+Version 3.1.9
+=============
+
+Released: November 1, 2018
+
+
+Changes
+-------
+
+* Convert the furl instance to text to allow serializing it into
+  JSON to be passed as arguments to the background task.
+
+Removals
+--------
+
+* None
+
+
+Upgrading from a previous version
+---------------------------------
+
+If installed via Python's PIP
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Remove deprecated requirements::
+
+    $ curl https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/raw/master/removals.txt | pip uninstall -r /dev/stdin
+
+Type in the console::
+
+    $ pip install mayan-edms==3.1.9
+
+the requirements will also be updated automatically.
+
+
+Using Git
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+If you installed Mayan EDMS by cloning the Git repository issue the commands::
+
+    $ git reset --hard HEAD
+    $ git pull
+
+otherwise download the compressed archived and uncompress it overriding the
+existing installation.
+
+Remove deprecated requirements::
+
+    $ pip uninstall -y -r removals.txt
+
+Next upgrade/add the new requirements::
+
+    $ pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
+
+
+Common steps
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Perform these steps after updating the code from either step above.
+
+Migrate existing database schema with::
+
+    $ mayan-edms.py performupgrade
+
+Add new static media::
+
+    $ mayan-edms.py collectstatic --noinput
+
+The upgrade procedure is now complete.
+
+
+Backward incompatible changes
+-----------------------------
+
+* None
+
+
+Bugs fixed or issues closed
+---------------------------
+
+* None
+
+.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mayan-edms/
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.rst b/docs/releases/index.rst
index b242956747..95e72e6feb 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/index.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ versions of the documentation contain the release notes for any later releases.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   3.1.9
    3.1.8
    3.1.7
    3.1.6
diff --git a/mayan/__init__.py b/mayan/__init__.py
index 56896289a3..11e345208f 100644
--- a/mayan/__init__.py
+++ b/mayan/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 __title__ = 'Mayan EDMS'
-__version__ = '3.1.8'
-__build__ = 0x030108
-__build_string__ = 'v3.1.8_Wed Oct 31 19:09:05 2018 -0400'
+__version__ = '3.1.9'
+__build__ = 0x030109
+__build_string__ = 'v3.1.8-2-gfb3678bb6f_Thu Nov 1 03:50:34 2018 -0400'
 __django_version__ = '1.11'
 __author__ = 'Roberto Rosario'
 __author_email__ = 'roberto.rosario@mayan-edms.com'