diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 60d52b41a2..2c0cbaf543 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 version = "9.5"
 
 # The full project version, used as the replacement for |release|
-release = "9.5.0-dev"
+release = "9.5.0"
 
 # PROJ-data version
 data_version = "1.19"