diff --git a/.github/CHANGELOG.md b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
index fbfcdabb92..ae55e2810b 100644
--- a/.github/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Release 0.34.0-dev
+# Release 0.34.0
 
 ### New features since last release
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_arm64.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_arm64.yml
index 8516151976..b9dfa43d6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_arm64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_macos_arm64.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 env:
   ARCHS: 'arm64'
   PYTHON3_MIN_VERSION: "9"
-  PYTHON3_MAX_VERSION: "11"
+  PYTHON3_MAX_VERSION: "12"
 
 concurrency:
   group: wheel_macos_arm64-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e1aca73ac6..0bf90edaff 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ For example, the following will build Kokkos for NVIDIA A100 cards
 .. code-block:: console
 
     cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja \
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebug \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebugInfo \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/kokkos/4.1.00/AMPERE80 \
         -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20 \
         -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
diff --git a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
index 361236ed2d..f27f55dba3 100644
--- a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.34.0-dev27"
+__version__ = "0.34.0-rc0"