diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index cac3cca3..8277178e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -32,12 +32,16 @@ project:
 - Samir M
 - Devin Bayer
 - Mantas Mikulėnas
-- zrose584
+- @zrose584
 - Michał Górny
 - François Deppierraz
 - Jasper Spaans
-- Boni Lindsley 
+- Boni Lindsley
 - Tobias Kölling
-- pinoatrome
-- Shoaib Ahmed 
-
+- @pinoatrome
+- Shoaib Ahmed
+- John Villalovos
+- Claude Paroz
+- Stefan Wójcik
+- Andrzej Bartosiński
+- @axoroll7
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c7431c6e..af6a3ba5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ IMAPClient is an easy-to-use, Pythonic and complete IMAP client
 library.
 
 =========================  ========================================
-Current version            2.3.1
+Current version            3.0.0
 Supported Python versions  3.7 - 3.11
 License                    New BSD
 Project home               https://github.com/mjs/imapclient/
diff --git a/doc/src/index.rst b/doc/src/index.rst
index 7ac6990a..00366c38 100644
--- a/doc/src/index.rst
+++ b/doc/src/index.rst
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ Authors
 
 Release History
 ---------------
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 1
 
-   releases
+From release 3.0.0 onwards, release notes are maintained `on Github
+<https://github.com/mjs/imapclient/releases>`_. 
+
+Release notes for older versions can be found :doc:`in these docs <releases>`.
+
diff --git a/doc/src/releases.rst b/doc/src/releases.rst
index 841bdbcf..74547014 100644
--- a/doc/src/releases.rst
+++ b/doc/src/releases.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-:tocdepth: 1
+.. note::
+   From release 3.0.0 onwards, release notes are maintained 
+   `on Github <https://github.com/mjs/imapclient/releases>`_.
 
 ===============
  Version 2.3.0
diff --git a/imapclient/version.py b/imapclient/version.py
index ee49a304..74d7435e 100644
--- a/imapclient/version.py
+++ b/imapclient/version.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from typing import Tuple
 
-version_info = (2, 3, 1, "final")
+version_info = (3, 0, 0, "final")
 
 
 def _imapclient_version_string(vinfo: Tuple[int, int, int, str]) -> str:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fb9c2748..e1fdc184 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-# Copyright (c) 2017, Menno Smits
+# Copyright (c) 2023, Menno Smits
 # Released subject to the New BSD License
 # Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses
 
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
     author_email=info["author_email"],
     license="3-Clause BSD License",
     url="https://github.com/mjs/imapclient/",
-    download_url="http://menno.io/projects/IMAPClient/IMAPClient-%s.zip"
-    % info["version"],
     packages=["imapclient"],
     package_data=dict(imapclient=["examples/*.py"]),
     extras_require={"doc": doc_deps},