diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b7b7422a..9ea7ef92 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### 3.0.0 - XXXX-YY-ZZ
+### 3.0.0 - 2021-09-10
 
 - Avoid a NameError when calling the `exit` builtin on Windows when
   loky is executed as part of a frozen Python binary. (#290)
diff --git a/loky/__init__.py b/loky/__init__.py
index 62f8f0d9..d46e59f4 100644
--- a/loky/__init__.py
+++ b/loky/__init__.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
            "wrap_non_picklable_objects", "set_loky_pickler"]
 
 
-__version__ = '3.0.0.dev0'
+__version__ = '3.0.0'