diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index eb041082ff8..927e87b852a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-Release 3.3.1 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-Incompatible changes
---------------------
-
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
+Release 3.3.1 (released Nov 12, 2020)
+=====================================
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
@@ -23,9 +11,6 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #8364: C, properly initialize attributes in empty symbols.
 * #8399: i18n: Put system locale path after the paths specified by configuration
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 3.3.0 (released Nov 02, 2020)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 4f0f28f470f..502fcab8c6e 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '3.3.1+'
+__version__ = '3.3.1'
 __released__ = '3.3.1'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (3, 3, 1, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (3, 3, 1, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))