diff --git a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst
index 824aa8170f..399325add5 100644
--- a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst
+++ b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .. include:: ../common_links.inc
 
-v3.0 (02 Oct 2020)
+v3.0 (25 Jan 2021)
 ******************
 
 This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
diff --git a/lib/iris/__init__.py b/lib/iris/__init__.py
index ad07426e51..e858a10566 100644
--- a/lib/iris/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/iris/__init__.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def callback(cube, field, filename):
 
 
 # Iris revision.
-__version__ = "3.0.0rc0"
+__version__ = "3.0.0"
 
 # Restrict the names imported when using "from iris import *"
 __all__ = [