diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index a7cb9ea5e0052..3d4244861d53d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ on:
   # Manual run
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  SCIKIT_LEARN_VERSION: 0.24.dev0
-
 jobs:
   # Check whether to build the wheels and the source tarball
   check_build_trigger:
@@ -84,8 +81,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CONFTEST_PATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/conftest.py
           CONFTEST_NAME: conftest.py
-          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: WHEEL_DIRNAME=scikit_learn-$SCIKIT_LEARN_VERSION
-                            OMP_NUM_THREADS=2
+          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: OMP_NUM_THREADS=2
                             OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=2
                             SKLEARN_SKIP_NETWORK_TESTS=1
                             SKLEARN_BUILD_PARALLEL=3
diff --git a/build_tools/github/repair_windows_wheels.sh b/build_tools/github/repair_windows_wheels.sh
index eb937e83b7aa4..de564fc177c89 100644
--- a/build_tools/github/repair_windows_wheels.sh
+++ b/build_tools/github/repair_windows_wheels.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ BITNESS=$3
 # By default, the Windows wheels are not repaired.
 # In this case, we need to vendor VCRUNTIME140.dll
 wheel unpack "$WHEEL"
+WHEEL_DIRNAME=$(ls -d scikit_learn-*)
 python build_tools/github/vendor.py "$WHEEL_DIRNAME" "$BITNESS"
 wheel pack "$WHEEL_DIRNAME" -d "$DEST_DIR"
 rm -rf "$WHEEL_DIRNAME"
diff --git a/doc/templates/index.html b/doc/templates/index.html
index ddbcbc005526b..353927fb0174d 100644
--- a/doc/templates/index.html
+++ b/doc/templates/index.html
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ <h4 class="sk-landing-call-header">News</h4>
         <ul class="sk-landing-call-list list-unstyled">
         <li><strong>On-going development:</strong>
         <a href="https://scikit-learn.org/dev/whats_new.html"><strong>What's new</strong> (Changelog)</a>
+        <li><strong>December 2020.</strong> scikit-learn 0.24.0 is available for download (<a href="whats_new/v0.24.html#version-0-24-0">Changelog</a>).
+        </li>
         <li><strong>August 2020.</strong> scikit-learn 0.23.2 is available for download (<a href="whats_new/v0.23.html#version-0-23-2">Changelog</a>).
         </li>
         <li><strong>May 2020.</strong> scikit-learn 0.23.1 is available for download (<a href="whats_new/v0.23.html#version-0-23-1">Changelog</a>).
diff --git a/doc/whats_new/v0.24.rst b/doc/whats_new/v0.24.rst
index cd65b584010c1..185eff717fe8b 100644
--- a/doc/whats_new/v0.24.rst
+++ b/doc/whats_new/v0.24.rst
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 Version 0.24.0
 ==============
 
-**In Development**
+**December 2020**
 
+For a short description of the main highlights of the release, please
+refer to
+:ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_release_highlights_plot_release_highlights_0_24_0.py`.
 
 .. include:: changelog_legend.inc
 
@@ -827,3 +830,57 @@ Code and Documentation Contributors
 
 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the maintenance and improvement of
 the project since version 0.23, including:
+
+Abo7atm, Adam Spannbauer, Adrin Jalali, adrinjalali, Agamemnon Krasoulis, 
+Akshay Deodhar, Albert Villanova del Moral, Alessandro Gentile, Alex Henrie, 
+Alex Itkes, Alex Liang, Alexander Lenail, alexandracraciun, Alexandre Gramfort, 
+alexshacked, Allan D Butler, Amanda Dsouza, amy12xx, Anand Tiwari, Anderson 
+Nelson, Andreas Mueller, Ankit Choraria, Archana Subramaniyan, Arthur Imbert, 
+Ashutosh Hathidara, Ashutosh Kushwaha, Atsushi Nukariya, Aura Munoz, AutoViz 
+and Auto_ViML, Avi Gupta, Avinash Anakal, Ayako YAGI, barankarakus, 
+barberogaston, beatrizsmg, Ben Mainye, Benjamin Bossan, Benjamin Pedigo, Bharat 
+Raghunathan, Bhavika Devnani, Biprateep Dey, bmaisonn, Bo Chang, Boris 
+Villazón-Terrazas, brigi, Brigitta Sipőcz, Bruno Charron, Byron Smith, Cary 
+Goltermann, Cat Chenal, CeeThinwa, chaitanyamogal, Charles Patel, Chiara Marmo, 
+Christian Kastner, Christian Lorentzen, Christoph Deil, Christos Aridas, Clara 
+Matos, clmbst, Coelhudo, crispinlogan, Cristina Mulas, Daniel López, Daniel 
+Mohns, darioka, Darshan N, david-cortes, Declan O'Neill, Deeksha Madan, 
+Elizabeth DuPre, Eric Fiegel, Eric Larson, Erich Schubert, Erin Khoo, Erin R 
+Hoffman, eschibli, Felix Wick, fhaselbeck, Forrest Koch, Francesco Casalegno, 
+Frans Larsson, Gael Varoquaux, Gaurav Desai, Gaurav Sheni, genvalen, Geoffrey 
+Bolmier, George Armstrong, George Kiragu, Gesa Stupperich, Ghislain Antony 
+Vaillant, Gim Seng, Gordon Walsh, Gregory R. Lee, Guillaume Chevalier, 
+Guillaume Lemaitre, Haesun Park, Hannah Bohle, Hao Chun Chang, Harry Scholes, 
+Harsh Soni, Henry, Hirofumi Suzuki, Hitesh Somani, Hoda1394, Hugo Le Moine, 
+hugorichard, indecisiveuser, Isuru Fernando, Ivan Wiryadi, j0rd1smit, Jaehyun 
+Ahn, Jake Tae, James Hoctor, Jan Vesely, Jeevan Anand Anne, JeroenPeterBos, 
+JHayes, Jiaxiang, Jie Zheng, Jigna Panchal, jim0421, Jin Li, Joaquin 
+Vanschoren, Joel Nothman, Jona Sassenhagen, Jonathan, Jorge Gorbe Moya, Joseph 
+Lucas, Joshua Newton, Juan Carlos Alfaro Jiménez, Julien Jerphanion, Justin 
+Huber, Jérémie du Boisberranger, Kartik Chugh, Katarina Slama, kaylani2, 
+Kendrick Cetina, Kenny Huynh, Kevin Markham, Kevin Winata, Kiril Isakov, 
+kishimoto, Koki Nishihara, Krum Arnaudov, Kyle Kosic, Lauren Oldja, Laurenz 
+Reitsam, Lisa Schwetlick, Louis Douge, Louis Guitton, Lucy Liu, Madhura 
+Jayaratne, maikia, Manimaran, Manuel López-Ibáñez, Maren Westermann, Maria 
+Telenczuk, Mariam-ke, Marijn van Vliet, Markus Löning, Martin Scheubrein, 
+Martina G. Vilas, Martina Megasari, Mateusz Górski, mathschy, mathurinm, 
+Matthias Bussonnier, Max Del Giudice, Michael, Milan Straka, Muoki Caleb, N. 
+Haiat, Nadia Tahiri, Ph. D, Naoki Hamada, Neil Botelho, Nicolas Hug, Nils 
+Werner, noelano, Norbert Preining, oj_lappi, Oleh Kozynets, Olivier Grisel, 
+Pankaj Jindal, Pardeep Singh, Parthiv Chigurupati, Patrice Becker, Pete Green, 
+pgithubs, Poorna Kumar, Prabakaran Kumaresshan, Probinette4, pspachtholz, 
+pwalchessen, Qi Zhang, rachel fischoff, Rachit Toshniwal, Rafey Iqbal Rahman, 
+Rahul Jakhar, Ram Rachum, RamyaNP, rauwuckl, Ravi Kiran Boggavarapu, Ray Bell, 
+Reshama Shaikh, Richard Decal, Rishi Advani, Rithvik Rao, Rob Romijnders, roei, 
+Romain Tavenard, Roman Yurchak, Ruby Werman, Ryotaro Tsukada, sadak, Saket 
+Khandelwal, Sam, Sam Ezebunandu, Sam Kimbinyi, Sarah Brown, Saurabh Jain, Sean 
+O. Stalley, Sergio, Shail Shah, Shane Keller, Shao Yang Hong, Shashank Singh, 
+Shooter23, Shubhanshu Mishra, simonamaggio, Soledad Galli, Srimukh Sripada, 
+Stephan Steinfurt, subrat93, Sunitha Selvan, Swier, Sylvain Marié, SylvainLan, 
+t-kusanagi2, Teon L Brooks, Terence Honles, Thijs van den Berg, Thomas J Fan, 
+Thomas J. Fan, Thomas S Benjamin, Thomas9292, Thorben Jensen, tijanajovanovic, 
+Timo Kaufmann, tnwei, Tom Dupré la Tour, Trevor Waite, ufmayer, Umberto Lupo, 
+Venkatachalam N, Vikas Pandey, Vinicius Rios Fuck, Violeta, watchtheblur, Wenbo 
+Zhao, willpeppo, xavier dupré, Xethan, Xue Qianming, xun-tang, yagi-3, Yakov 
+Pchelintsev, Yashika Sharma, Yi-Yan Ge, Yue Wu, Yutaro Ikeda, Zaccharie Ramzi, 
+zoj613, マーティン, 赵丰 (Zhao Feng).
diff --git a/sklearn/__init__.py b/sklearn/__init__.py
index 9711343ceb197..03f81186c0e58 100644
--- a/sklearn/__init__.py
+++ b/sklearn/__init__.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 # Dev branch marker is: 'X.Y.dev' or 'X.Y.devN' where N is an integer.
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
-__version__ = '0.24.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.24.0rc1'
 
 
 # On OSX, we can get a runtime error due to multiple OpenMP libraries loaded