diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dd4237bc..7f9a58a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ checksum = "f52b00d39961fc5b2736ea853c9cc86238e165017a493d1d5c8eac6bdc4cc273"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memofs"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "fs-err",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c5b62e16..d8f34311 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ name = "build"
 harness = false
 
 [dependencies]
-memofs = { version = "0.3.0", path = "crates/memofs" }
+memofs = { version = "0.3.1", path = "crates/memofs" }
 
 # These dependencies can be uncommented when working on rbx-dom simultaneously
 # rbx_binary = { path = "../rbx-dom/rbx_binary", features = [
diff --git a/crates/memofs/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/memofs/CHANGELOG.md
index 85b51523..b83bfeaf 100644
--- a/crates/memofs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/memofs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # memofs Changelog
 
 ## Unreleased Changes
+
+## 0.3.1 (2025-11-27)
 * Added `Vfs::exists`. [#1169]
 * Added `create_dir` and `create_dir_all` to allow creating directories. [#937]
 
diff --git a/crates/memofs/Cargo.toml b/crates/memofs/Cargo.toml
index 8c2e8875..ad0b2637 100644
--- a/crates/memofs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/memofs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "memofs"
 description = "Virtual filesystem with configurable backends."
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 authors = [
     "Lucien Greathouse <me@lpghatguy.com>",
     "Micah Reid <git@dekkonot.com>",
diff --git a/crates/memofs/src/noop_backend.rs b/crates/memofs/src/noop_backend.rs
index dd10d452..98b86d1a 100644
--- a/crates/memofs/src/noop_backend.rs
+++ b/crates/memofs/src/noop_backend.rs
@@ -31,17 +31,11 @@ impl VfsBackend for NoopBackend {
     }
 
     fn create_dir(&mut self, _path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Err(io::Error::new(
-            io::ErrorKind::Other,
-            "NoopBackend doesn't do anything",
-        ))
+        Err(io::Error::other("NoopBackend doesn't do anything"))
     }
 
     fn create_dir_all(&mut self, _path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Err(io::Error::new(
-            io::ErrorKind::Other,
-            "NoopBackend doesn't do anything",
-        ))
+        Err(io::Error::other("NoopBackend doesn't do anything"))
     }
 
     fn remove_file(&mut self, _path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {