diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bb7adc0d9fa..197c4d5c2d7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4.0-rc1
+2.4.0
diff --git a/doc/manual/manual.tex b/doc/manual/manual.tex
index 981653a297c..a46ed77ed12 100644
--- a/doc/manual/manual.tex
+++ b/doc/manual/manual.tex
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
     \hfill{\Huge \fontfamily{\sfdefault}\selectfont User Manual \\
       \raggedleft \huge \fontfamily{\sfdefault}\selectfont Version
       % keep the following line as is so that we can replace this using a script:
-2.4.0-rc1 %VERSION-INFO%
+2.4.0 %VERSION-INFO%
       \\
       \large(generated \today)
       \\[16pt]