diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f6ac78..eb45352 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 This project uses Break Versioning (https://www.taoensso.com/break-versioning)
 
+[releases]: https://github.com/taoensso/nippy/releases
+
+# `v3.3.0-RC1` (2023-08-02)
+
+> 📦 [Available on Clojars](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/nippy/versions/3.3.3-RC1)
+
+This is a non-breaking **feature and maintenance** pre-release.  
+Please test carefully and report any unexpected problems, thank you! 🙏
+
+## Fixes since `v3.2.0`
+
+* fa1cc66 [fix] [#143] Don't freeze meta info for types that don't support `with-meta`
+
+## New since `v3.2.0`
+
+* 89f98b4 [new] [#153] PoC: transducer support on thaw
+* 60bc4e9 [new] [Storage efficiency] PoC: unsigned counts for small core colls
+* 0a9d670 [new] [Storage efficiency] PoC: separate signed long types
+* 8778fa4 [new] Include `:bindings` in ex-data of thaw failures
+* aba153e [new] [#159] Add native impln for `java.sql.Date` (@philomates)
+* d8b1825 [new] [#158] Add `java.lang.ClassCastException` to default thaw allow list (@carlosgeos)
+* 8b7186a [new] Update [benchmark results](https://github.com/taoensso/nippy#performance)
+* 3ac06b6 [new] Refactor tools ns, embed dynamic `*freeze-opts*` in wrappers
+* 129ce95 [new] [#151] [#140] Add experimental `public-types-spec`
+
+
 # `v3.2.0` (2022-07-18)
 
 > Identical to `v3.2.0-RC3` (2022 Jun 27)
@@ -207,4 +233,4 @@ Likely breaking. Please see [#130] for **detailed upgrade instructions**.
   
 # Earlier releases
 
-See [here](https://github.com/taoensso/nippy/releases) for earlier releases.
+See [here][releases] for earlier releases.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Used by [Carmine](https://github.com/taoensso/carmine), [Faraday](https://github
 
 ## Latest release/s
 
-- `2022-07-18` `3.2.0`: [changes](../../releases/tag/v3.2.0)
+- `2023-08-02` `3.3.0-RC1` (dev): [changes](../../releases/tag/v3.3.0-RC1)
+- `2022-07-18` `3.2.0` (stable):  [changes](../../releases/tag/v3.2.0)
 
 [![Main tests][Main tests SVG]][Main tests URL]
 [![Graal tests][Graal tests SVG]][Graal tests URL]
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index fd9bd38..ad3c202 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "3.2.0"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "3.3.0-RC1"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "The fastest serialization library for Clojure"
   :url "https://github.com/taoensso/nippy"