diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d504200b926..55e75a042e8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-Release 7.0.0 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
+Release 7.0.0 (released Apr 29, 2023)
+=====================================
 
 Incompatible changes
 --------------------
@@ -32,18 +29,6 @@ Incompatible changes
   ``sphinx.builders.html.HTMLTranslator`` attributes.
 * #11385: Remove support for HTML 4 output.
 
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
-
-Bugs fixed
-----------
-
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 6.2.1 (released Apr 25, 2023)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 09e5418759f..bf9bd24cda6 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', 'The frontend.Option class .*',
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.frontend')
 
-__version__ = '7.0.0rc1'
+__version__ = '7.0.0'
 __display_version__ = __version__  # used for command line version
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (7, 0, 0, 'rc', 1)
+version_info = (7, 0, 0, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))