diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 15eeb833530..cf21e7aa2e9 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Release Notes
-## PyMC3 3.0 (September xx, 2016)
+## PyMC3 3.0 (January 9, 2017)
 
 We are proud and excited to release the first stable version of PyMC3, the product of more than [5 years](https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc3/commit/85c7e06b6771c0d99cbc09cb68885cda8f7785cb) of ongoing development and contributions from over 80 individuals. PyMC3 is a Python module for Bayesian modeling which focuses on modern Bayesian computational methods, primarily gradient-based (Hamiltonian) MCMC sampling and variational inference. Models are specified in Python, which allows for great flexibility. The main technological difference in PyMC3 relative to previous versions is the reliance on Theano for the computational backend, rather than on Fortran extensions.
 
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ We on the PyMC3 core team would like to thank everyone for contributing and now
 
 ### Contributors
 
+The following authors contributed to this release: 
+ 
+Chris Fonnesbeck <chris.fonnesbeck@vanderbilt.edu> 
+John Salvatier <jsalvatier@gmail.com> 
+Thomas Wiecki <thomas.wiecki@gmail.com> 
+Colin Carroll <colcarroll@gmail.com>
+Maxim Kochurov <maxim.v.kochurov@gmail.com>
+Taku Yoshioka <taku.yoshioka.4096@gmail.com> 
+Peadar Coyle (springcoil) <peadarcoyle@googlemail.com> 
+Austin Rochford <arochford@monetate.com> 
+Osvaldo Martin <aloctavodia@gmail.com> 
+ 
+In addition, the following community members contributed to this release: 
+
 A Kuz <for.akuz@gmail.com>
 A. Flaxman <abie@alum.mit.edu>
 Abraham Flaxman <abie@alum.mit.edu>
@@ -57,17 +71,13 @@ Andreas Klostermann <andreasklostermann@googlemail.com>
 Andres Asensio Ramos
 Andrew Clegg <andrew.clegg@pearson.com>
 Anjum48
-AustinRochford <arochford@monetate.com>
 Benjamin Edwards <bedwards@cs.unm.edu>
 Boris Avdeev <borisaqua@gmail.com>
 Brian Naughton <briannaughton@gmail.com>
 Byron Smith
 Chad Heyne <chadheyne@gmail.com>
-Chris Fonnesbeck <chris.fonnesbeck@vanderbilt.edu>
-Colin
 Corey Farwell <coreyf@rwell.org>
 David Huard <david.huard@gmail.com>
-David Huard <huardda@angus.meteo.mcgill.ca>
 David Stück <dstuck@users.noreply.github.com>
 DeliciousHair <mshepit@gmail.com>
 Dustin Tran
@@ -80,7 +90,7 @@ Imri Sofer <imrisofer@gmail.com>
 Jake Biesinger <jake.biesinger@gmail.com>
 James Webber <jamestwebber@gmail.com>
 John McDonnell <john.v.mcdonnell@gmail.com>
-John Salvatier <jsalvatier@gmail.com>
+Jon Sedar <jon.sedar@applied.ai>
 Jordi Diaz
 Jordi Warmenhoven <jordi.warmenhoven@gmail.com>
 Karlson Pfannschmidt <kiudee@mail.uni-paderborn.de>
@@ -89,33 +99,25 @@ Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
 Lin Xiao
 Mack Sweeney <mackenzie.sweeney@gmail.com>
 Matthew Emmett <memmett@unc.edu>
-Maxim
 Michael Gallaspy <gallaspy.michael@gmail.com>
 Nick <nalourie@example.com>
 Osvaldo Martin <aloctavodia@gmail.com>
 Patricio Benavente <patbenavente@gmail.com>
-Peadar Coyle (springcoil) <peadarcoyle@googlemail.com>
 Raymond Roberts
 Rodrigo Benenson <rodrigo.benenson@gmail.com>
 Sergei Lebedev <superbobry@gmail.com>
 Skipper Seabold <chris.fonnesbeck@vanderbilt.edu>
-Taku Yoshioka <taku.yoshioka.4096@gmail.com>
-The Gitter Badger <badger@gitter.im>
 Thomas Kluyver <takowl@gmail.com>
-Thomas Wiecki <thomas.wiecki@gmail.com>
 Tobias Knuth <mail@tobiasknuth.de>
-Volodymyr
 Volodymyr Kazantsev
 Wes McKinney <wesmckinn@gmail.com>
 Zach Ploskey <zploskey@gmail.com>
 akuz <for.akuz@gmail.com>
-aloctavodia <aloctavodia@gmail.com>
 brandon willard <brandonwillard@gmail.com>
 dstuck <dstuck88@gmail.com>
 ingmarschuster <ingmar.schuster.linguistics@gmail.com>
 jan-matthis <mail@jan-matthis.de>
 jason <JasonTam22@gmailcom>
-jonsedar <jon.sedar@applied.ai>
 kiudee <quietdeath@gmail.com>
 maahnman <github@mm.maahn.de>
 macgyver <neil.rabinowitz@merton.ox.ac.uk>
@@ -126,8 +128,7 @@ redst4r <redst4r@web.de>
 santon <steven.anton@idanalytics.com>
 sgenoud <stevegenoud+github@gmail.com>
 stonebig <stonebig>
-taku-y <taku.yoshioka.4096@gmail.com>
-tyarkoni <tyarkoni@gmail.com>
+Tal Yarkoni <tyarkoni@gmail.com>
 x2apps <x2apps@yahoo.com>
 zenourn <daniel@zeno.co.nz>
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 4ff55db84de..a6d1903a0ba 100755
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '3.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '3.0.rc6'
+release = '3.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pymc3/__init__.py b/pymc3/__init__.py
index 53883f27d43..9d624e425c4 100644
--- a/pymc3/__init__.py
+++ b/pymc3/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "3.0.rc6"
+__version__ = "3.0"
 
 from .blocking import *
 from .distributions import *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 691c93279b2..08be1dae667 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 MAINTAINER_EMAIL = 'thomas.wiecki@gmail.com'
 AUTHOR = 'John Salvatier and Christopher Fonnesbeck'
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = 'chris.fonnesbeck@vanderbilt.edu'
-URL = "http://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc"
+URL = "http://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc3"
 LICENSE = "Apache License, Version 2.0"
-VERSION = "3.0.rc6"
+VERSION = "3.0"
 
 classifiers = ['Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
                'Programming Language :: Python',