diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 389e8a2..0b7f385 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 > This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md) as of **Aug 16, 2014**.
 
-## v2.10.0-RC1 / 2015 Sep 26
+## v2.10.0 / 2015 Sep 30
 
-> This is a major **non-breaking** feature/performance release
+> This is a major feature/performance release that **drops support for Clojure 1.4** but is otherwise non-breaking
 
-* **DEPRECATION NOTICE**: this will be the last major release with support for Clojure 1.4
+* **BREAKING**: drop support for Clojure 1.4 (**now requires Clojure 1.5+**)
 * **Performance**: various small performance improvements
 * **New**: dynamic `*default-freeze-compressor-selector*`, `set-default-freeze-compressor-selector!` util
 * **New**: dynamic `*custom-readers*`, `swap-custom-readers!` util
 * **New**: edn writes now override dynamic `*print-level*`, `*print-length*` for safety
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0-RC1"]
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0"]
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3b64c2f..2223c63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 **[API docs][]** | **[CHANGELOG][]** | [other Clojure libs][] | [Twitter][] | [contact/contrib](#contact--contributing) | current [Break Version][]:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.9.1"]      ; Stable
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0-RC1"] ; Dev, see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0"] ; Stable, see CHANGELOG for details
 ```
 
 # Nippy, a Clojure serialization library
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ Nippy is an attempt to provide a reliable, high-performance **drop-in alternativ
 Add the necessary dependency to your [Leiningen][] `project.clj` and `require` the library in your ns:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.9.1"] ; project.clj
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0"] ; project.clj
 (ns my-app (:require [taoensso.nippy :as nippy])) ; ns
 ```
 
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ Otherwise reach me (Peter Taoussanis) at [taoensso.com][] or on [Twitter][]. Che
 
 ## License
 
-Copyright © 2012-2014 Peter Taoussanis. Distributed under the [Eclipse Public License][], the same as Clojure.
+Copyright © 2012-2015 Peter Taoussanis. Distributed under the [Eclipse Public License][], the same as Clojure.
 
 
 [API docs]: http://ptaoussanis.github.io/nippy/
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index b4aa224..8443df2 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0-RC1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Clojure serialization library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"