diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 880e97b..0730ab8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Apache Commons Logging
 [![Java CI](https://github.com/apache/commons-logging/actions/workflows/maven.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/commons-logging/actions/workflows/maven.yml)
 [![Coverage Status](https://codecov.io/gh/apache/commons-logging/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/apache/commons-logging)
 [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/commons-logging/commons-logging/badge.svg?gav=true)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/commons-logging/commons-logging/?gav=true)
-[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.4.0.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.4.0)
+[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.3.1.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.3.1)
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/apache/commons-logging/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/commons-logging/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml)
 [![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/apache/commons-logging/badge)](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/apache/commons-logging)
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Alternatively, you can pull it from  the central Maven repositories:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.0</version>
+  <version>1.3.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index d85ad92..4028541 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Apache Commons Logging
-Version 1.4.0
+Version 1.3.1
 RELEASE NOTES
 
-The Apache Commons Logging team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons Logging 1.4.0
+The Apache Commons Logging team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons Logging 1.3.1
 
 Apache Commons Logging is a thin adapter allowing configurable bridging to other,
 well-known logging systems.
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Fixed Bugs
 
 *               Remove references to very old JDK and Commons Logging versions #201. Thanks to Elliotte Rusty Harold.
 *               Update from Logj 1 to the Log4j 2 API compatibility layer #231. Thanks to Gary Gregory, Piotr P. Karwasz.
+*               Allow Servlet 4 in OSGi environment #191. Thanks to Václav Haisman.
+*               Fix generics warnings #213. Thanks to Elliotte Rusty Harold.
+* LOGGING-189:  Fix Import-Package entry for org.slf4j #188. Thanks to Václav Haisman, Sebb, Hannes Wellmann, Gary Gregory, Piotr P. Karwasz.
 
 Changes
 -------
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ Changes
 *               Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-classic from 1.3.11 to 1.3.14 #212. Thanks to Dependabot, Gary Gregory.
 *               Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.3.11 to 1.3.14 #211. Thanks to Dependabot, Gary Gregory.
 *               Bump com.h3xstream.findsecbugs:findsecbugs-plugin from 1.12.0 to 1.13.0. Thanks to Dependabot.
+*               Bump logkit from 1.0.1 to 2.0 #32. Thanks to Dependabot.
 
 
 Historical list of changes: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-logging/changes-report.html
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Commons Logging website:
 
 https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-logging/
 
+
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
               Apache Commons Logging
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8dc344b..1eda2fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ under the License.
   <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Commons Logging</name>
-  <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Apache Commons Logging is a thin adapter allowing configurable bridging to other,
     well-known logging systems.</description>
   <url>https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-logging/</url>
@@ -651,14 +651,14 @@ under the License.
     <maven.compiler.target>${commons.logging.javaversion}</maven.compiler.target>
     <commons.componentid>logging</commons.componentid>
     <commons.module.name>org.apache.commons.logging</commons.module.name>
-    <commons.release.version>1.4.0</commons.release.version>
-    <commons.release.next>1.4.1</commons.release.next>
+    <commons.release.version>1.3.1</commons.release.version>
+    <commons.release.next>1.3.2</commons.release.next>
     <commons.bc.version>1.3.0</commons.bc.version>
     <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
     <commons.jira.id>LOGGING</commons.jira.id>
     <commons.jira.pid>12310484</commons.jira.pid>
     <!-- The RC version used in the staging repository URL. -->
-    <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
+    <commons.rc.version>RC2</commons.rc.version>
     <skipSurefireReport>true</skipSurefireReport>
     <!-- Since version 3.2 additional classpath dependencies are allowed. -->
     <commons.failsafe.version>3.2.1</commons.failsafe.version>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/download_logging.xml b/src/site/xdoc/download_logging.xml
index beb10a7..7cebced 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/download_logging.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/download_logging.xml
@@ -113,32 +113,32 @@ limitations under the License.
       </p>
     </subsection>
     </section>
-    <section name="Apache Commons Logging 1.4.0 ">
+    <section name="Apache Commons Logging 1.3.1 ">
       <subsection name="Binaries">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.4.0-bin.tar.gz">commons-logging-1.4.0-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.4.0-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.4.0-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.3.1-bin.tar.gz">commons-logging-1.3.1-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.3.1-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.3.1-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.4.0-bin.zip">commons-logging-1.4.0-bin.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.4.0-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.4.0-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.3.1-bin.zip">commons-logging-1.3.1-bin.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.3.1-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.3.1-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
       <subsection name="Source">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.4.0-src.tar.gz">commons-logging-1.4.0-src.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.4.0-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.4.0-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.3.1-src.tar.gz">commons-logging-1.3.1-src.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.3.1-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.3.1-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.4.0-src.zip">commons-logging-1.4.0-src.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.4.0-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.4.0-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.3.1-src.zip">commons-logging-1.3.1-src.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.3.1-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/logging/source/commons-logging-1.3.1-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>