diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e538407c..eb0ae430b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,46 @@
 
 All notable changes are documented in this file. Release numbers follow [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org)
 
+## 3.0.0.Alpha1
+July 11st 2024 [Detailed release notes](https://issues.redhat.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317320&version=12413693)
+
+### New features since 2.7.0.Final
+
+* Provide MongoDB sink connector [DBZ-7223](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-7223)
+* Extends process of finding Bundle path [DBZ-7992](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-7992)
+* Support FLOAT32 type in debezium-connector-spanner [DBZ-8043](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8043)
+
+
+### Breaking changes since 2.7.0.Final
+
+* Use Java 17 in container images [DBZ-6795](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-6795)
+
+
+### Fixes since 2.7.0.Final
+
+* Debezium postgres jdbc sink not handling infinity values [DBZ-7920](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-7920)
+* JdbcSinkTask doesn't clear offsets on stop [DBZ-7946](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-7946)
+* ibmi as400 connector config isn't prefixed with "database." [DBZ-7955](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-7955)
+* Duplicate downstream annotation comments incorrectly refer to Db2 connector [DBZ-7968](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-7968)
+* Issue with Hybrid mode and DDL change [DBZ-7991](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-7991)
+* Incorrect offset/history property mapping generatated  [DBZ-8007](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8007)
+* Debezium Server Operator on minikube with java.lang.NullPointerException': java.lang.NullPointerException [DBZ-8019](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8019)
+* ORA-65090: operation only allowed in a container database when connecting to a non-CDB database [DBZ-8023](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8023)
+* Added type to Prometheus JMX exporter [DBZ-8036](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8036)
+* Add `kafka.producer` metrics to debezium-server jmx exporter config [DBZ-8037](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8037)
+
+
+### Other changes since 2.7.0.Final
+
+* Use Java 17 as baseline [DBZ-7224](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-7224)
+* Document new MariaDB connector [DBZ-7786](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-7786)
+* Move to Maven 3.9.8 as build requirement [DBZ-7965](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-7965)
+* Add disclaimer that PostProcessors and CustomConverters are Debezium source connectors only [DBZ-8031](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8031)
+* Typos in Bug report template [DBZ-8038](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8038)
+* Find an alternative way to manually deploy the connector with local changes that is compatible with Debezium 3 [DBZ-8046](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8046)
+
+
+
 ## 2.7.0.Final
 June 28th 2024 [Detailed release notes](https://issues.redhat.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317320&version=12429396)
 
diff --git a/COPYRIGHT.txt b/COPYRIGHT.txt
index 636fe5191..7abc3df50 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHT.txt
+++ b/COPYRIGHT.txt
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ Sagar Rao
 Sahan Dilshan
 Sahap Asci
 René Kerner
+Ricardo Rosales
 Rich O'Connell
 Richard Harrington
 Richard Kolkovich
diff --git a/documentation/antora.yml b/documentation/antora.yml
index 444ee6e06..06592defc 100644
--- a/documentation/antora.yml
+++ b/documentation/antora.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ nav:
 
 asciidoc:
   attributes:
-    debezium-version: '2.7.0.Final'
+    debezium-version: '3.0.0.Alpha1'
     debezium-kafka-version: '3.7.0'
     debezium-docker-label: '2.7'
     DockerKafkaConnect: registry.redhat.io/amq7/amq-streams-kafka-28-rhel8:1.8.0
diff --git a/jenkins-jobs/pipelines/release/release-pipeline.groovy b/jenkins-jobs/pipelines/release/release-pipeline.groovy
index 0e4ddcfc2..793e312fa 100644
--- a/jenkins-jobs/pipelines/release/release-pipeline.groovy
+++ b/jenkins-jobs/pipelines/release/release-pipeline.groovy
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ CONNECTORS_PER_VERSION = [
     '2.4' : ['mongodb', 'mysql', 'postgres', 'sqlserver', 'oracle', 'cassandra-3', 'cassandra-4', 'db2', 'vitess', 'spanner', 'jdbc'],
     '2.5' : ['mongodb', 'mysql', 'postgres', 'sqlserver', 'oracle', 'cassandra-3', 'cassandra-4', 'db2', 'vitess', 'spanner', 'jdbc', 'informix'],
     '2.6' : ['mongodb', 'mysql', 'postgres', 'sqlserver', 'oracle', 'cassandra-3', 'cassandra-4', 'db2', 'vitess', 'spanner', 'jdbc', 'informix', 'ibmi'],
-    '2.7' : ['mongodb', 'mysql', 'postgres', 'sqlserver', 'oracle', 'cassandra-3', 'cassandra-4', 'db2', 'vitess', 'spanner', 'jdbc', 'informix', 'ibmi']
+    '2.7' : ['mongodb', 'mysql', 'postgres', 'sqlserver', 'oracle', 'cassandra-3', 'cassandra-4', 'db2', 'vitess', 'spanner', 'jdbc', 'informix', 'ibmi'],
+    '3.0' : ['mongodb', 'mysql', 'postgres', 'sqlserver', 'oracle', 'cassandra-3', 'cassandra-4', 'db2', 'vitess', 'spanner', 'jdbc', 'informix', 'ibmi']
 ]
 
 CONNECTORS = CONNECTORS_PER_VERSION[VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR]