diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 859b25d997a..d440dce3181 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+19.3.1 (2019-10-17)
+===================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Document Python 3.8 support. (`#7219 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/7219>`_)
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- Fix bug that prevented installation of PEP 517 packages without ``setup.py``. (`#6606 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/6606>`_)
+
+
 19.3 (2019-10-14)
 =================
 
diff --git a/news/6606.bugfix b/news/6606.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fbf7262f14..00000000000
--- a/news/6606.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bug that prevented installation of PEP 517 packages without ``setup.py``.
diff --git a/news/7219.feature b/news/7219.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index ba0e9370489..00000000000
--- a/news/7219.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Document Python 3.8 support.
diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
index a24cb60dd22..a487794a9ba 100644
--- a/src/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "19.3"
+__version__ = "19.3.1"