diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 61fd5ae63..5957faad8 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ quality-of-life improvements:
   resizing an overdrawn pixmap in the compositor
 
 With this release kitty's Wayland support is now on par with X11, provided
-you use a decent compositor.
+you use a decent Wayland compositor.
 
 Cheetah speed 🐆 [0.33]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ consumption to do the same tasks.
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
-0.34.0 [future]
+0.34.0 [2024-04-15]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 - Wayland: :doc:`panel kitten <kittens/panel>`: Add support for drawing desktop background and bars
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 33f25122d..b20f6ca58 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 33, 1)
+version: Version = Version(0, 34, 0)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat