diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ab3f41c..01329f34 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,20 +1,10 @@
-# Release 0.34.0-dev
-
-### New features since last release
+# Release 0.34.0
 
 ### Improvements 🛠
 
 * Use `tape.measurements` instead of `tape.observables` to identify the type of measurement process
   [(#146)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-rigetti/pull/146)
 
-### Breaking changes 💔
-
-### Deprecations 👋
-
-### Documentation 📝
-
-### Bug fixes 🐛
-
 ### Contributors ✍️
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
diff --git a/pennylane_rigetti/_version.py b/pennylane_rigetti/_version.py
index 96359554..31db637f 100644
--- a/pennylane_rigetti/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_rigetti/_version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
    Version number (convention major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.34.0-dev"
+__version__ = "0.34.0"