diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1ed9c7e08e..90831d5187 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	--- 9.10.0 released ---
+
 3806.	[test]		Improved system test portability. [RT #35625]
 
 3805.	[contrib]	Added contrib/perftcpdns, a performance testing tool
diff --git a/version b/version
index 72d2969144..e32cc67249 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ DESCRIPTION=
 MAJORVER=9
 MINORVER=10
 PATCHVER=0
-RELEASETYPE=rc
-RELEASEVER=1
+RELEASETYPE=
+RELEASEVER=
 EXTENSIONS=