diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 9ef3d7aa..04f72f19 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+towncrier 21.3.0 (2021-04-02)
+=============================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
 towncrier 21.3.0.rc1 (2021-03-21)
 =================================
 
diff --git a/src/towncrier/_version.py b/src/towncrier/_version.py
index 38fbc79d..44c23277 100644
--- a/src/towncrier/_version.py
+++ b/src/towncrier/_version.py
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 
 from incremental import Version
 
-__version__ = Version("towncrier", 21, 3, 0, release_candidate=1)
+__version__ = Version("towncrier", 21, 3, 0)
 __all__ = ["__version__"]
diff --git a/src/towncrier/newsfragments/332.misc b/src/towncrier/newsfragments/332.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000