diff --git a/changelog.d/3069.fix.rst b/changelog.d/3069.fix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbe3572f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/3069.fix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Discord.py is updated to 1.2.4 to handle a critical issue with voice connections
diff --git a/redbot/__init__.py b/redbot/__init__.py
index a0a4a7ac3..fffb3af7c 100644
--- a/redbot/__init__.py
+++ b/redbot/__init__.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class VersionInfo:
         )
 
 
-__version__ = "3.1.5"
+__version__ = "3.1.6"
 version_info = VersionInfo.from_str(__version__)
 
 # Filter fuzzywuzzy slow sequence matcher warning
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d3a812af9..ae033b1e1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ install_requires =
     colorama==0.4.1
     contextlib2==0.5.5
     databases[sqlite]==0.2.5
-    discord.py==1.2.3
+    discord.py==1.2.4
     distro==1.4.0; sys_platform == "linux"
     fuzzywuzzy==0.17.0
     idna==2.8