diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 2a7764c5..666336b3 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Release Notes
 PlatformIO 3.0
 --------------
 
-3.5.0 (2017-??-??)
+3.5.0 (2017-12-28)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 * `PlatformIO Home <http://docs.platformio.org/page/home/index.html>`__ -
diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index e9650708..33de06c8 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-VERSION = (3, 5, "0rc17")
+VERSION = (3, 5, 0)
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"