diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index e35759393..c07e16d51 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Changelog (Pillow)
 ==================
 
-7.0.0 (unreleased)
+7.0.0 (2020-01-02)
 ------------------
 
 - Drop support for EOL Python 2.7 #4109
diff --git a/src/PIL/_version.py b/src/PIL/_version.py
index eddf15683..c564d964c 100644
--- a/src/PIL/_version.py
+++ b/src/PIL/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Master version for Pillow
-__version__ = "7.0.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "7.0.0"