diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 776ea6074f..aaf3fea1ca 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.5
 -----------
 
-### Changes between 3.4 and 3.5 [xx XXX xxxx]
+### Changes between 3.4 and 3.5.0 [8 Apr 2025]
 
  * Added server side support for QUIC
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d02f289685..62c52a8527 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.5
 -----------
 
-### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.4 and OpenSSL 3.5 [under development]
+### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.4 and OpenSSL 3.5.0 [8 Apr 2025]
 
 OpenSSL 3.5.0 is a feature release adding significant new functionality to
 OpenSSL.
diff --git a/VERSION.dat b/VERSION.dat
index c44d0a812b..9d13b630cc 100644
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=3
 MINOR=5
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=beta2-dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE=""
+RELEASE_DATE="8 Apr 2025"
 SHLIB_VERSION=3