diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 705664b4..338fe274 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+0.24.0 (2021-05-10)
+-------------------
+
+A full list of commits for 0.24.0 can be found at:
+
+https://github.com/geopython/OWSLib/commits/0.24.0
+
+- CSW: add CSW 3 client (#746)
+- CSW: add support for distributed search (#771)
+- OGC API: refactor collections for broader use (#753)
+- OACov: add support for scaling (#756)
+- Auth: make most Authentication attributes private (#770)
+- various bug fixes
+
+
 0.23.0 (2021-02-04)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 7fe8a817..2094a100 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.24.dev0
+0.24.0
diff --git a/owslib/__init__.py b/owslib/__init__.py
index ea36e8d4..f8ab8c2e 100644
--- a/owslib/__init__.py
+++ b/owslib/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.24.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.24.0'