diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 094b720e6e..f572d22d1c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tiledb
 Type: Package
-Version: 0.33.1.1
+Version: 0.34.0
 Title: Modern Database Engine for Complex Data Based on Multi-Dimensional Arrays
 Authors@R: c(
   person("TileDB, Inc.", role = c("aut", "cph")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1f022521cd..6b2ee46e52 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# tiledb (development version)
+# tiledb 0.34.0
+
+* This release of the R package builds against [TileDB 2.30.0](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/tag/2.30.0), and has also been tested against earlier releases as well as the development version
 
 ## Improvements
 
diff --git a/src/Makevars.win b/src/Makevars.win
index 3004b834c0..1305a75377 100644
--- a/src/Makevars.win
+++ b/src/Makevars.win
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PKG_CPPFLAGS = -I. -I../inst/include -I$(RWINLIB)/include -I$(RWINLIB)/include/t
 PKG_LIBS = \
 	-L$(RWINLIB)/lib$(subst gcc,,$(COMPILED_BY))$(R_ARCH) \
 	-L$(RWINLIB)/lib$(R_ARCH)$(CRT) \
-	-ltiledbstatic -lbz2 -lzstd -llz4 -lz -lspdlog -lfmt \
+	-ltiledbstatic -lbz2 -lzstd -llz4 -lz -lspdlog -lfmt -lavx2 -lblosc2 \
 	-laws-cpp-sdk-identity-management -laws-cpp-sdk-cognito-identity -laws-cpp-sdk-sts -laws-cpp-sdk-s3 -laws-cpp-sdk-core \
 	-llibmagic -lwebp -lpcre2-posix -lpcre2-8 \
 	-laws-crt-cpp -laws-c-mqtt -laws-c-event-stream -laws-c-s3 -laws-c-auth -laws-c-http -laws-c-io \
diff --git a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
index a4d4bdf421..5a9c2dd973 100644
--- a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
+++ b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version: 2.29.1
-sha: 9a6284d
+version: 2.30.0
+sha: 9b5305d