diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ba3d82b4620..6963899c886 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Release 6.2.0 (in development)
-==============================
+Release 6.2.0 (released Apr 23, 2023)
+=====================================
 
 Dependencies
 ------------
@@ -97,27 +97,6 @@ Testing
 * Migrate remaining ``unittest.TestCase`` style test functions to pytest style
 * Remove tests that rely on setuptools
 
-Release 6.1.4 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-Incompatible changes
---------------------
-
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
-
-Bugs fixed
-----------
-
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 6.1.3 (released Jan 10, 2023)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 5a152b5216e..fe01277fd2a 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (6, 2, 0, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (6, 2, 0, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
-_in_development = True
+_in_development = False
 if _in_development:
     # Only import subprocess if needed
     import subprocess