diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 510f21fc2..342a73365 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Release 3.21.0 (?? Apr 2023)
+Release 3.21.0 (28 Apr 2023)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 This release supports X86/Linux, AMD64/Linux, ARM32/Linux, ARM64/Linux,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d1af9de0d..79b17f394 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 m4_define([v_major_ver], [3])
 m4_define([v_minor_ver], [21])
 m4_define([v_micro_ver], [0])
-m4_define([v_suffix_ver], [RC2])
-m4_define([v_rel_date], ["21 Apr 2023"])
+m4_define([v_suffix_ver], [])
+m4_define([v_rel_date], ["28 Apr 2023"])
 m4_define([v_version],
 	  m4_if(v_suffix_ver, [],
 		[v_major_ver.v_minor_ver.v_micro_ver],