diff --git a/website/index.rst b/website/index.rst
index 7172658b9..e5a76b01c 100644
--- a/website/index.rst
+++ b/website/index.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ compositing, deep compositing, and DI.
 OpenEXR is a project of the `Academy Software Foundation
 <https://www.aswf.io>`_.
 
+.. include:: latest_news_title.rst
 
 Latest News
 ===========
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ Latest News
    :height: 50
    :align: left
 
+|latest-news-title|
+
 .. highlights::
 
    .. include:: news.rst
diff --git a/website/latest_news_title.rst b/website/latest_news_title.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abf9753ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/latest_news_title.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.. |latest-news-title| replace:: **October 8, 2024 - OpenEXR 3.3.1 Released**
+
diff --git a/website/news.rst b/website/news.rst
index e0a70d121..d65506316 100644
--- a/website/news.rst
+++ b/website/news.rst
@@ -13,10 +13,27 @@ News
 .. toctree::
    :caption: News
 
+.. include:: latest_news_title.rst
+
+|latest-news-title|
+========================================
+
+.. _LatestNewsStart:
+
+Patch release that addresses several build and performance issues:
+
+* Fix a performance regression 3.3.0 in huf/piz compression
+* Replace ``FetchContent_Populate`` with ``FetchContent_MakeAvailable``
+* Build wheels for python 3.12
+* Fix a problem with python wheel sdist that caused local build to fail
+* Compile source files in parallel under MSVC
+
+.. _LatestNewsEnd:
+
+
 September 30, 2024 - OpenEXR v3.3.0 Released
 ============================================
 
-.. _LatestNewsStart:
 
 Minor release several significant changes:
 
@@ -89,7 +106,6 @@ Minor release several significant changes:
   <https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/v3.3.0-rc1/src/wrappers/python/README.md>`_
   for a synopsis.
 
-.. _LatestNewsEnd:
 
 September 9, 2024 - Imath v3.1.12 Released
 ==========================================