diff --git a/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst b/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4cc01e23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+0-sample-topic
+--------------
+
+* This is a sample release note for the change in a topic.
+  Developers should add similar notes for each topic branch
+  making a noteworthy change.  Each document should be named
+  and titled to match the topic name to avoid merge conflicts.
diff --git a/Help/release/index.rst b/Help/release/index.rst
index 56bbf50cb4..fbff07b353 100644
--- a/Help/release/index.rst
+++ b/Help/release/index.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ CMake Release Notes
   This file should include the adjacent "dev.txt" file
   in development versions but not in release versions.
 
+.. include:: dev.txt
+
 Releases
 ========
 
diff --git a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
index a953d617db..09a6f7c18e 100644
--- a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
+++ b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # CMake version number components.
 set(CMake_VERSION_MAJOR 3)
 set(CMake_VERSION_MINOR 30)
-set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 0)
-set(CMake_VERSION_RC 0)
+set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 20240605)
+#set(CMake_VERSION_RC 0)
 set(CMake_VERSION_IS_DIRTY 0)
 
 # Start with the full version number used in tags.  It has no dev info.