diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index c61cd264..84c0065c 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   - bugfix using nocache like attribute with value true like {plugin nocache=true} did not work https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/285
   - bugfix uppercase TRUE, FALSE and NULL did not work when security was enabled https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/282
   - bugfix when {foreach} was looping over an object the total property like {$item@total} did always return 1 https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/281
-  
+  - bugfix {capture}{/capture} did add in 3.1.30 unintended additional blank lines https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/268
+
  01.09.2016
   - performance require_once should be called only once for shared plugins https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/280
   
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 94c4f0e4..690fcb85 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.31-dev/11';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.31-dev/12';
 
     /**
      * define variable scopes
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php
index e43a7c5b..34fc55f9 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Capture extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase
         $compiler->_cache[ 'capture_stack' ][] = array($compiler->nocache);
         // maybe nocache because of nocache variables
         $compiler->nocache = $compiler->nocache | $compiler->tag_nocache;
-        $_output = "<?php \$_smarty_tpl->smarty->ext->_capture->open(\$_smarty_tpl, $buffer, $assign, $append);\n?>\n";
+        $_output = "<?php \$_smarty_tpl->smarty->ext->_capture->open(\$_smarty_tpl, $buffer, $assign, $append);?>";
 
         return $_output;
     }
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_CaptureClose extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase
 
         list($compiler->nocache) = array_pop($compiler->_cache[ 'capture_stack' ]);
 
-        return "<?php \$_smarty_tpl->smarty->ext->_capture->close(\$_smarty_tpl);\n?>\n";
+        return "<?php \$_smarty_tpl->smarty->ext->_capture->close(\$_smarty_tpl);?>";
     }
 }