diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ace367d..f1a3000 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/awscrt-0.27.2.tar.gz
+SOURCES/awscrt-0.31.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/.python-awscrt.metadata b/.python-awscrt.metadata
index d27518a..df371d4 100644
--- a/.python-awscrt.metadata
+++ b/.python-awscrt.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9951436161fdbf91db142b85d6aa208614dc2b0b SOURCES/awscrt-0.27.2.tar.gz
+cf8ef99d3be196ac5b91aeb7deb36f9851b79044 SOURCES/awscrt-0.31.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/SOURCES/der-c.patch b/SOURCES/der-c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 80b739b..0000000
--- a/SOURCES/der-c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
---- a/crt/aws-c-cal/source/der.c	2025-08-29 10:43:04.487705098 +0100
-+++ B/crt/aws-c-cal/source/der.c	2025-08-29 14:27:00.649373755 +0100
-@@ -80,21 +80,28 @@
-     if (len_bytes & 0x80) {
-         len_bytes &= 0x7f;
-         switch (len_bytes) {
--            case 1:
--                if (!aws_byte_cursor_read_u8(cur, (uint8_t *)&len)) {
-+            case 1: {
-+                uint8_t len8;
-+                if (!aws_byte_cursor_read_u8(cur, &len8)) {
-                     return aws_raise_error(AWS_ERROR_CAL_MALFORMED_ASN1_ENCOUNTERED);
-                 }
-+                len = len8;
-                 break;
--            case 2:
--                if (!aws_byte_cursor_read_be16(cur, (uint16_t *)&len)) {
-+            }
-+            case 2: {
-+                uint16_t len16;
-+                if (!aws_byte_cursor_read_be16(cur, &len16)) {
-                     return aws_raise_error(AWS_ERROR_CAL_MALFORMED_ASN1_ENCOUNTERED);
-                 }
-+                len = len16;
-                 break;
--            case 4:
-+            }
-+            case 4: {
-                 if (!aws_byte_cursor_read_be32(cur, &len)) {
-                     return aws_raise_error(AWS_ERROR_CAL_MALFORMED_ASN1_ENCOUNTERED);
-                 }
-                 break;
-+            }
-             default:
-                 return aws_raise_error(AWS_ERROR_CAL_MALFORMED_ASN1_ENCOUNTERED);
-         }
diff --git a/SOURCES/skip-SHA1-in-test_crypto.patch b/SOURCES/skip-SHA1-in-test_crypto.patch
index c5030c7..5935942 100644
--- a/SOURCES/skip-SHA1-in-test_crypto.patch
+++ b/SOURCES/skip-SHA1-in-test_crypto.patch
@@ -55,4 +55,3 @@ index 628900f..7f2296d 100644
 +                h = Hash.sha256_new()
                  h.update(b'totally original test string')
                  digest = h.digest()
- 
diff --git a/SOURCES/skip-tests-requiring-network.patch b/SOURCES/skip-tests-requiring-network.patch
index da37539..9416586 100644
--- a/SOURCES/skip-tests-requiring-network.patch
+++ b/SOURCES/skip-tests-requiring-network.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,36 @@
+diff --git a/test/test_aiohttp_client.py b/test/test_aiohttp_client.py
+index f3fa544..3b04218 100644
+--- a/test/test_aiohttp_client.py
++++ b/test/test_aiohttp_client.py
+@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ class TestAsyncClient(NativeResourceTest):
+ 
+         return connection
+ 
++    @unittest.skip("Requires network")
+     async def _test_h2_client(self):
+         url = urlparse("https://d1cz66xoahf9cl.cloudfront.net/http_test_doc.txt")
+         connection = await self._new_h2_client_connection(url)
+@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ class TestAsyncClient(NativeResourceTest):
+ 
+         await connection.close()
+ 
++    @unittest.skip("Requires network")
+     async def _test_h2_manual_write_exception(self):
+         url = urlparse("https://d1cz66xoahf9cl.cloudfront.net/http_test_doc.txt")
+         connection = await self._new_h2_client_connection(url)
+@@ -428,6 +430,7 @@ class TestAsyncClient(NativeResourceTest):
+         finally:
+             self._stop_server()
+ 
++    @unittest.skip("Requires network")
+     async def _test_cross_thread_http2_client(self):
+         """Test using an HTTP/2 client from a different thread/event loop."""
+         url = urlparse("https://d1cz66xoahf9cl.cloudfront.net/http_test_doc.txt")
 diff --git a/test/test_http_client.py b/test/test_http_client.py
-index f79f39a..7498a96 100644
+index 6aa9917..ad4b700 100644
 --- a/test/test_http_client.py
 +++ b/test/test_http_client.py
-@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ class TestClient(NativeResourceTest):
+@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ class TestClient(NativeResourceTest):
                                                        tls_connection_options=tls_conn_opt)
          return connection_future.result(self.timeout)
  
@@ -10,7 +38,7 @@ index f79f39a..7498a96 100644
      def test_h2_client(self):
          url = urlparse("https://d1cz66xoahf9cl.cloudfront.net/http_test_doc.txt")
          connection = self._new_h2_client_connection(url)
-@@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ class TestClient(NativeResourceTest):
+@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ class TestClient(NativeResourceTest):
  
          self.assertEqual(None, connection.close().exception(self.timeout))
  
diff --git a/SOURCES/websockets.patch b/SOURCES/websockets.patch
index 3b2334b..143d7b3 100644
--- a/SOURCES/websockets.patch
+++ b/SOURCES/websockets.patch
@@ -22,5 +22,3 @@ index fcbcedb..ebebbcb 100644
 +            sleep(0.01)
 +
          asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(self._current_connection.send(msg), self._server_loop)
- 
- 
diff --git a/SPECS/python-awscrt.spec b/SPECS/python-awscrt.spec
index 49d7c96..1c78880 100644
--- a/SPECS/python-awscrt.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python-awscrt.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Python bindings for the AWS Common Runtime}
 
 
 Name:           python-awscrt
-Version:        0.27.2
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        0.31.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 
 Summary:        Python bindings for the AWS Common Runtime
 # All files are licensed under Apache-2.0, except:
@@ -18,22 +18,18 @@ Source0:        %{pypi_source awscrt}
 
 # two tests require internet connection, skip them
 Patch0:         skip-tests-requiring-network.patch
-# SHA1 is deprecated - remove it from tests
+# skip SHA1 in test_crypto
 Patch1:         skip-SHA1-in-test_crypto.patch
-# https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-cal/pull/225
-Patch2:         der-c.patch
 # websockets test fail fix
-Patch3:         websockets.patch
-# Remove FIPS version check to build with OpenSSL 3.x
-Patch4:         s2n-remove-fips-version-check.patch
+Patch2:         websockets.patch
+# remove FIPS version check in s2n
+Patch3:         s2n-remove-fips-version-check.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-devel
-
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
-
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-websockets
 
 
@@ -53,13 +49,10 @@ Summary:        %{summary}
 %autosetup -p1 -n awscrt-%{version}
 
 # relax version requirements
-sed -i -e 's/setuptools>=75\.3\.1/setuptools/' -e 's/wheel>=0\.45\.1/wheel/' pyproject.toml
-
-# Remove websocket test for now
-# TODO: fix the test properly
-rm -f test/test_websocket.py
-
-# fix for osci.rpmdeplint test - package builds with the name 'unknown'
+sed -i -e 's/"setuptools>=75\.3\.1",/"setuptools",\n  "wheel",/' pyproject.toml
+# fix bdist_wheel import for setuptools 70.0.0+
+sed -i -e 's/from setuptools\.command\.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel/from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel/' setup.py
+# package builds with the name 'unknown'
 sed -i '/setuptools\.setup(/a\    name="awscrt",' setup.py
 
 
@@ -86,6 +79,10 @@ PYTHONPATH="%{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}:%{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}" %{py
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 09 2026 Kseniia Nivnia <knivnia@redhat.com> - 0.31.1-1
+- Update to 0.31.1
+  Resolves: RHEL-157871
+
 * Wed Nov 26 2025 Kseniia Nivnia <knivnia@redhat.com> - 0.27.2-2
 - Add patch fixing FIPS mode crash in awscli2
   Resolves: RHEL-131280