diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index e6a49467438..7ec7b936da8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Changelog (Pillow)
 ==================
 
-9.4.0 (unreleased)
+9.4.0 (2023-01-02)
 ------------------
 
 - Fixed null pointer dereference crash with malformed font #6846
diff --git a/src/PIL/_version.py b/src/PIL/_version.py
index 1cc1d0f1c7a..aca0aba021e 100644
--- a/src/PIL/_version.py
+++ b/src/PIL/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Master version for Pillow
-__version__ = "9.4.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "9.4.0"