diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 945ca25d569..b0c7fbd0768 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,88 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+3.13.1 (2025-10-17)
+===================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Make configuration options in ``AppRunner`` also available in ``run_app()``
+  -- by :user:`Cycloctane`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`11633`.
+
+
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+- Switched to `backports.zstd` for Python <3.14 and fixed zstd decompression for chunked zstd streams -- by :user:`ZhaoMJ`.
+
+  Note: Users who installed ``zstandard`` for support on Python <3.14 will now need to install
+  ``backports.zstd`` instead (installing ``aiohttp[speedups]`` will do this automatically).
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`11623`.
+
+
+
+- Updated ``Content-Type`` header parsing to return ``application/octet-stream`` when header contains invalid syntax.
+  See :rfc:`9110#section-8.3-5`.
+
+  -- by :user:`sgaist`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`10889`.
+
+
+
+- Fixed Python 3.14 support when built without ``zstd`` support -- by :user:`JacobHenner`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`11603`.
+
+
+
+- Fixed blocking I/O in the event loop when using netrc authentication by moving netrc file lookup to an executor -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`11634`.
+
+
+
+- Fixed routing to a sub-application added via ``.add_domain()`` not working
+  if the same path exists on the parent app. -- by :user:`Dreamsorcerer`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`11673`.
+
+
+
+
+Packaging updates and notes for downstreams
+-------------------------------------------
+
+- Moved core packaging metadata from :file:`setup.cfg` to :file:`pyproject.toml` per :pep:`621`
+  -- by :user:`cdce8p`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9951`.
+
+
+
+
+----
+
+
 3.13.0 (2025-10-06)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/10872.contrib.rst b/CHANGES/10872.contrib.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a95cd3e64a..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/10872.contrib.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Updated dependencies to allow testing on Python 3.14.
diff --git a/CHANGES/10889.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/10889.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bba5595b9e..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/10889.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Updated ``Content-Type`` header parsing to return ``application/octet-stream`` when header contains invalid syntax.
-See :rfc:`9110#section-8.3-5`.
-
--- by :user:`sgaist`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11363.packaging b/CHANGES/11363.packaging
deleted file mode 100644
index 65d54bf48c0..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11363.packaging
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-The `blockbuster` test dependency is now optional; the corresponding test fixture is disabled when it is unavailable
--- by :user:`musicinybrain`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11425.packaging.rst b/CHANGES/11425.packaging.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a3cad5f6d96..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11425.packaging.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Added ``riscv64`` build to releases -- by :user:`eshattow`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11464.feature.rst b/CHANGES/11464.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 12ebf117883..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11464.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Implemented support for free-threading builds of CPython -- by :user:`kumaraditya303`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11466.contrib.rst b/CHANGES/11466.contrib.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 07c5f40c82e..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11466.contrib.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Added free-threading CI job for CPython 3.14 -- by :user:`kumaraditya303`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11483.feature.rst b/CHANGES/11483.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a8ef8b62c44..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11483.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Added ``StreamReader.total_raw_bytes`` to check the number of bytes downloaded
--- by :user:`robpats`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11523.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/11523.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b70bcf6e76..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11523.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix saved ``CookieJar`` fail to be loaded if cookies have ``partitioned`` flag when
-``http.cookie`` does not have partitioned cookies supports. -- by :user:`Cycloctane`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11546.contrib.rst b/CHANGES/11546.contrib.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fda1bdbb98..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11546.contrib.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed ``test_send_compress_text`` failing when alternative zlib implementation
-is used. (``zlib-ng`` in python 3.14 windows build) -- by :user:`Cycloctane`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11603.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/11603.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 1475698f17a..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11603.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed Python 3.14 support when built without ``zstd`` support -- by :user:`JacobHenner`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11623.bugfix b/CHANGES/11623.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 447dd56388c..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11623.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Switched to `backports.zstd` for Python <3.14 and fixed zstd decompression for chunked zstd streams -- by :user:`ZhaoMJ`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11633.feature.rst b/CHANGES/11633.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 374d15a2acd..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11633.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Make configuration options in ``AppRunner`` also available in ``run_app()``
--- by :user:`Cycloctane`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11634.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/11634.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 649577c50b9..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11634.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed blocking I/O in the event loop when using netrc authentication by moving netrc file lookup to an executor -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/11673.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/11673.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index accbe850847..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/11673.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed routing to a sub-application added via ``.add_domain()`` not working
-if the same path exists on the parent app. -- by :user:`Dreamsorcerer`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/9951.packaging.rst b/CHANGES/9951.packaging.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f567d23fac..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/9951.packaging.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Moved core packaging metadata from :file:`setup.cfg` to :file:`pyproject.toml` per :pep:`621`
--- by :user:`cdce8p`.
diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
index d35e9cd9c4f..052d124c18f 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -145,19 +145,6 @@ Please take a look on the produced output.
 
 Any extra texts (print statements and so on) should be removed.
 
-.. note::
-
-   If you see that CI build is failing on a specific Python version and
-   you don't have this version on your computer, you can use the helper to
-   run it (only if you have docker)::
-
-     make test-<python-version>[-no-extensions]
-
-   For example, if you want to run tests for python3.10
-   without extensions, you can run this command::
-
-     make test-3.10-no-extensions
-
 Code coverage
 -------------