diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e3214ab8b..063e7feb6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Versioned according to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [3.0.0b1] - 2024-08-26
+
 Fixed:
   - actuall apply CLI `--log-filename`
   - adapt to Pillow changes
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3a5b5bc9d..2daa89b06 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.0a2
+3.0.0b1