From 1b05c9b8f9ab950df46f88721db686520a051c6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Taoussanis <peter@taoensso.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:30:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] v3.4.0-RC3 (2024-04-10)

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 README.md    |  2 +-
 project.clj  |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 195cab82..c80e1782 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,31 @@ This project uses [**Break Versioning**](https://www.taoensso.com/break-versioni
 
 ---
 
+# `v3.4.0-RC3` (2024-04-10)
+
+> 📦 [Available on Clojars](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/nippy/versions/3.4.0-RC3), this project uses [Break Versioning](https://www.taoensso.com/break-versioning).
+
+This is a non-breaking **feature and maintenance** pre-release.  
+Please **test carefully and report any unexpected problems**, thank you! 🙏
+
+## New since `v3.3.0`
+
+* fb6f75e [new] Smarter, faster, protocol-based `freezable?` util
+* 6ad5aeb [new] Add `:zstd` compressor, new compressor backend
+* 9db09e1 [new] [#163] Track serialized output in tests
+* dcc6b08 [new] [#164] Update benchmarks
+* f3ff7ae [new] Add native `MapEntry` freezer
+* 37cf415 [new] [#171] Auto strip metadata protocol extensions
+* Misc internal improvements
+
+## Everthing since `v3.4.0-RC2`
+
+* 82a050b [mod] Don't attach empty metadata
+* 92c4a83 [fix] Broken `*final-freeze-fallback*` default val
+* 37cf415 [new] [#171] Auto strip metadata protocol extensions
+* Update dependencies
+
+
 # `v3.4.0-RC2` (2024-02-26)
 
 > 📦 [Available on Clojars](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/nippy/versions/3.4.0-RC2), this project uses [Break Versioning](https://www.taoensso.com/break-versioning).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cea4dc3a..80bdb25f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Used by [Carmine](https://www.taoensso.com/carmine), [Faraday](https://www.taoen
 ## Latest release/s
 
 - `2023-10-11` `3.3.0` (stable): [release info](../../releases/tag/v3.3.0)
-- `2024-02-26` `3.4.0-RC2` (dev): [release info](../../releases/tag/v3.4.0-RC2)
+- `2024-04-10` `3.4.0-RC3` (dev): [release info](../../releases/tag/v3.4.0-RC3)
 
 [![Main tests][Main tests SVG]][Main tests URL]
 [![Graal tests][Graal tests SVG]][Graal tests URL]
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index ae109216..2f043941 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "3.4.0-RC2"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "3.4.0-RC3"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "The fastest serialization library for Clojure"
   :url "https://www.taoensso.com/nippy"