diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f8156f81..02d0804c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# Release notes for xrdp v0.9.3.1 (2017/08/16)
+
+This release fixes a trivial packaging issue #848 occurred in v0.9.3.  The issue only affects systemd systems.  This release is principally for distro packagers or users who compile & install xrdp from source.
+
+Users who running xrdp on these systems don't need to upgrade from v0.9.3 to v0.9.3.1.
+
+* Linux systems without systemd
+* non-Linux systems such as BSD operating systems
+
 # Release notes for xrdp v0.9.3 (2017/07/15)
 
 ## New features
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45a6d5a4..ff275cb8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/neutrinolabs/xrdp)
 ![Apache-License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)
 
-*Current Version:* 0.9.3
+*Current Version:* 0.9.3.1
 
 # xrdp - an open source RDP server
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 94990ddc..6464c631 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.65)
-AC_INIT([xrdp], [0.9.3], [xrdp-devel@googlegroups.com])
+AC_INIT([xrdp], [0.9.3.1], [xrdp-devel@googlegroups.com])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config_ac.h:config_ac-h.in)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.7.2 foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])