diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d691efa2..eeaa4f15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [26.3.0] - 2026-03-16
+
 ## [26.3.0-rc1] - 2026-03-16
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b9578e8..30cc74f7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2995,7 +2995,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-zookeeper-operator"
-version = "26.3.0-rc1"
+version = "26.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "built",
diff --git a/Cargo.nix b/Cargo.nix
index 41f3b38c..34775f9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.nix
+++ b/Cargo.nix
@@ -10085,7 +10085,7 @@ rec {
       };
       "stackable-zookeeper-operator" = rec {
         crateName = "stackable-zookeeper-operator";
-        version = "26.3.0-rc1";
+        version = "26.3.0";
         edition = "2021";
         crateBin = [
           {
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0d22dc62..ac934727 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = ["rust/operator-binary"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "26.3.0-rc1"
+version = "26.3.0"
 authors = ["Stackable GmbH <info@stackable.tech>"]
 license = "OSL-3.0"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/deploy/helm/zookeeper-operator/Chart.yaml b/deploy/helm/zookeeper-operator/Chart.yaml
index d8e401c5..180285e6 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/zookeeper-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/zookeeper-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: v2
 name: zookeeper-operator
-version: "26.3.0-rc1"
-appVersion: "26.3.0-rc1"
+version: "26.3.0"
+appVersion: "26.3.0"
 description: The Stackable Operator for Apache ZooKeeper
 home: https://github.com/stackabletech/zookeeper-operator
 maintainers:
diff --git a/docs/modules/zookeeper/examples/getting_started/code/getting_started.sh b/docs/modules/zookeeper/examples/getting_started/code/getting_started.sh
index 0fa5db96..61b6a903 100755
--- a/docs/modules/zookeeper/examples/getting_started/code/getting_started.sh
+++ b/docs/modules/zookeeper/examples/getting_started/code/getting_started.sh
@@ -21,20 +21,20 @@ case "$1" in
 "helm")
 echo "Installing Operators with Helm"
 # tag::helm-install-operators[]
-helm install --wait commons-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/commons-operator --version 26.3.0-rc1
-helm install --wait secret-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/secret-operator --version 26.3.0-rc1
-helm install --wait listener-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/listener-operator --version 26.3.0-rc1
-helm install --wait zookeeper-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/zookeeper-operator --version 26.3.0-rc1
+helm install --wait commons-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/commons-operator --version 26.3.0
+helm install --wait secret-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/secret-operator --version 26.3.0
+helm install --wait listener-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/listener-operator --version 26.3.0
+helm install --wait zookeeper-operator oci://oci.stackable.tech/sdp-charts/zookeeper-operator --version 26.3.0
 # end::helm-install-operators[]
 ;;
 "stackablectl")
 echo "installing Operators with stackablectl"
 # tag::stackablectl-install-operators[]
 stackablectl operator install \
-  commons=26.3.0-rc1 \
-  secret=26.3.0-rc1 \
-  listener=26.3.0-rc1 \
-  zookeeper=26.3.0-rc1
+  commons=26.3.0 \
+  secret=26.3.0 \
+  listener=26.3.0 \
+  zookeeper=26.3.0
 # end::stackablectl-install-operators[]
 ;;
 *)
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ zkCli_ls() {
 # tag::zkcli-ls[]
 kubectl run my-pod \
   --stdin --tty --quiet --restart=Never \
-  --image oci.stackable.tech/sdp/zookeeper:3.9.4-stackable26.3.0-rc1 -- \
+  --image oci.stackable.tech/sdp/zookeeper:3.9.4-stackable26.3.0 -- \
   bin/zkCli.sh -server simple-zk-server:2282 ls / > /dev/null && \
   kubectl logs my-pod && \
   kubectl delete pods my-pod
diff --git a/docs/modules/zookeeper/examples/getting_started/code/install_output.txt b/docs/modules/zookeeper/examples/getting_started/code/install_output.txt
index 515de1f4..1ccd668a 100644
--- a/docs/modules/zookeeper/examples/getting_started/code/install_output.txt
+++ b/docs/modules/zookeeper/examples/getting_started/code/install_output.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Installed commons=26.3.0-rc1 operator
-Installed secret=26.3.0-rc1 operator
-Installed listener=26.3.0-rc1 operator
-Installed zookeeper=26.3.0-rc1 operator
+Installed commons=26.3.0 operator
+Installed secret=26.3.0 operator
+Installed listener=26.3.0 operator
+Installed zookeeper=26.3.0 operator
diff --git a/docs/templating_vars.yaml b/docs/templating_vars.yaml
index 140ed7a3..f5eeb825 100644
--- a/docs/templating_vars.yaml
+++ b/docs/templating_vars.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ helm:
   repo_name: sdp-charts
   repo_url: oci.stackable.tech
 versions:
-  commons: 26.3.0-rc1
-  secret: 26.3.0-rc1
-  listener: 26.3.0-rc1
-  zookeeper: 26.3.0-rc1
+  commons: 26.3.0
+  secret: 26.3.0
+  listener: 26.3.0
+  zookeeper: 26.3.0
diff --git a/tests/release.yaml b/tests/release.yaml
index 7f04bd9e..a4f6302e 100644
--- a/tests/release.yaml
+++ b/tests/release.yaml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ releases:
     description: Integration test
     products:
       commons:
-        operatorVersion: 26.3.0-rc1
+        operatorVersion: 26.3.0
       secret:
-        operatorVersion: 26.3.0-rc1
+        operatorVersion: 26.3.0
       listener:
-        operatorVersion: 26.3.0-rc1
+        operatorVersion: 26.3.0
       zookeeper:
-        operatorVersion: 26.3.0-rc1
+        operatorVersion: 26.3.0