diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d293f3756..31bb23fd1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
-Future releases
+Current release
 ---------------
 
-What's new in psycopg 2.9.10 (unreleased)
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+What's new in psycopg 2.9.10
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 - Add support for Python 3.13.
 - Receive notifications on commit (:ticket:`#1728`).
-- Drop support for Python 3.7.
 - `~psycopg2.errorcodes` map and `~psycopg2.errors` classes updated to
   PostgreSQL 17.
+- Drop support for Python 3.7.
 
 
-Current release
----------------
-
 What's new in psycopg 2.9.9
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be7af1228..687c37c8f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 # Take a look at https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/
 # for a consistent versioning pattern.
 
-PSYCOPG_VERSION = '2.9.10.dev1'
+PSYCOPG_VERSION = '2.9.10'
 
 
 # note: if you are changing the list of supported Python version please fix