diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4442e1..11f4627 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,16 +1,4 @@
-# Release 0.34.0-dev
-
-### New features since last release
-
-### Improvements 🛠
-
-### Breaking changes 💔
-
-### Deprecations 👋
-
-### Documentation 📝
-
-### Bug fixes 🐛
+# Release 0.34.0
 
 ### Tests
 
diff --git a/pennylane_cirq/_version.py b/pennylane_cirq/_version.py
index d0b234b..f3fcfbf 100644
--- a/pennylane_cirq/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_cirq/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.34.0-dev"
+__version__ = "0.34.0"