diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4244907..7bb6dca5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![GitHub version](https://d25lcipzij17d.cloudfront.net/badge.svg?id=gh&type=6&v=v3.9.1&x2=0)](https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman/releases) [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/Praqma/helmsman/tree/master.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/Praqma/helmsman/tree/master)
+[![GitHub version](https://d25lcipzij17d.cloudfront.net/badge.svg?id=gh&type=6&v=v3.10.0&x2=0)](https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman/releases) [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/Praqma/helmsman/tree/master.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/Praqma/helmsman/tree/master)
 
 ![helmsman-logo](docs/images/helmsman.png)
 
diff --git a/internal/app/main.go b/internal/app/main.go
index c99dda87..f05b1eb6 100644
--- a/internal/app/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/main.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	helmBin            = "helm"
 	kubectlBin         = "kubectl"
-	appVersion         = "v3.9.1"
+	appVersion         = "v3.10.0"
 	tempFilesDir       = ".helmsman-tmp"
 	defaultContextName = "default"
 	resourcePool       = 10
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index 0466fc94..18c9cb17 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-# v3.9.1
+# v3.10.0
 
-## New features
+## New features
 
-- Recursively expand environment variables (#657)
+- Add -exclude-target and -exclude-groups CLI options (#659)
 
 ## Fixes and improvements
 
-- Updated dependencies to their latest versions (#653; #654; #655; #658)
-- avoid loading the `.env` file twice
+- Update go to 1.18 (#664)
+- Recursively expand env variables to fix #656 (#657)
+- Pin versions of helm plugins in Dockerfile (#660)