diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index 4a2a634f41..d823828eff 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Changes in Version 4.6.2
+------------------------
+
+PyMongo 4.6.2 fixes the following bug:
+
+- Fixed a bug appearing in Python 3.12 where "RuntimeError: can't create new thread at interpreter shutdown"
+  could be written to stderr when a MongoClient's thread starts as the python interpreter is shutting down.
+
 Changes in Version 4.6.1
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/pymongo/_version.py b/pymongo/_version.py
index bb198adf7f..63e3b1d6ff 100644
--- a/pymongo/_version.py
+++ b/pymongo/_version.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 from typing import Tuple, Union
 
-version_tuple: Tuple[Union[int, str], ...] = (4, 6, 2, ".dev0")
+version_tuple: Tuple[Union[int, str], ...] = (4, 6, 2)
 
 
 def get_version_string() -> str: