diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2608435..872c8ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-Work in progress toward the 2.1.0 line, focused on advanced privacy export, full OCR support for scanned PDFs, and new Lite/Full release variants. Beta iterations are validated via prerelease tags but are not listed individually here; only the final stable release will get its own heading below.
+## [2.1.0] - 2026-07-29
+
+Focused on advanced privacy export, full OCR support for scanned PDFs, and new Lite/Full release variants. Validated through the 2.1.0-beta.1/beta.2 prereleases before this stable release; only the final stable version gets its own heading here.
 
 ### ✨ Added
 
diff --git a/NullifyPDF.py b/NullifyPDF.py
index de638ca..5b9f4f3 100644
--- a/NullifyPDF.py
+++ b/NullifyPDF.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 )
 
 __version__ = "2.1.0"
-__version_prerelease__ = "beta.2"
+__version_prerelease__ = "beta.3"
 APP_VERSION = (
     f"{__version__}-{__version_prerelease__}"
     if __version_prerelease__