diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 93514b9b0c5f07b716bc5082e712fe1f101d8f36..719b35af8384488efa16e83059c681cdf4c22ac7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ MICRO = 0
 # https://github.com/pypa/packaging/pull/515
 # has made it into a release. Probably we should wait for pypa/packaging>=21.4
 # https://github.com/pypa/packaging/releases
-PRE = "dev" # "dev"  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
+PRE = "" # "dev"  # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
 
 if PRE:
     VERSION = "{}.{}.{}-{}".format(MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO, PRE)