diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e8b7372cc8..b800edd1c0 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 61.2.0
+current_version = 61.3.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b413443663..97e075e5f0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+v61.3.0
+-------
+
+
+Changes
+^^^^^^^
+* #3229: Disabled automatic download of ``trove-classifiers`` to facilitate reproducibility.
+
+Misc
+^^^^
+* #3229: Updated ``pyproject.toml`` validation via ``validate-pyproject`` v0.7.1.
+* #3229: New internal tool made available for updating the code responsible for
+  the validation of ``pyproject.toml``.
+  This tool can be executed via ``tox -e generate-validation-code``.
+
+
 v61.2.0
 -------
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/3229.change.rst b/changelog.d/3229.change.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d414b75341..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3229.change.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Disabled automatic download of ``trove-classifiers`` to facilitate reproducibility.
diff --git a/changelog.d/3229.misc.1.rst b/changelog.d/3229.misc.1.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a905c45ae3..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3229.misc.1.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Updated ``pyproject.toml`` validation via ``validate-pyproject`` v0.7.1.
diff --git a/changelog.d/3229.misc.2.rst b/changelog.d/3229.misc.2.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f740033e8..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3229.misc.2.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-New internal tool made available for updating the code responsible for
-the validation of ``pyproject.toml``.
-This tool can be executed via ``tox -e generate-validation-code``.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d23d2fd37c..1a6b27f523 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = setuptools
-version = 61.2.0
+version = 61.3.0
 author = Python Packaging Authority
 author_email = distutils-sig@python.org
 description = Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages