diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 6f6dd8c4..9db34e74 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ Release notes
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
-towncrier 23.10.0rc1 (2023-10-23)
-=================================
+towncrier 23.10.0 (2023-10-24)
+==============================
+
+No significant changes since the previous release candidate.
+
 
 Features
 --------
diff --git a/src/towncrier/_version.py b/src/towncrier/_version.py
index 5d759a4e..0072ed75 100644
--- a/src/towncrier/_version.py
+++ b/src/towncrier/_version.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # For dev   - Version('towncrier', 23, 8, 1, dev=0)
 # For RC    - Version('towncrier', 23, 9, 0, release_candidate=1)
 # For final - Version('towncrier', 23, 9, 0)
-__version__ = Version("towncrier", 23, 10, 0, release_candidate=1)
+__version__ = Version("towncrier", 23, 10, 0)
 # The version is exposed in string format to be
 # available for the hatching build tools.
 _hatchling_version = __version__.short()