diff --git a/doc/_templates/docs-announcement-banner.html b/doc/_templates/docs-announcement-banner.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5e49829cec837
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+++ b/doc/_templates/docs-announcement-banner.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Announcement: pandas 3.0 release candidate is now available! Read more <a href="https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/whatsnew/v3.0.0.html">here</a>. Please test!
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diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 63c723eb67672..d63731defeb70 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@
     # This shows a warning for patch releases since the
     # patch version doesn't compare as equal (e.g. 2.2.1 != 2.2.0 but it should be)
     "show_version_warning_banner": False,
+    "announcement": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pandas-dev/pandas/main/doc/_templates/docs-announcement-banner.html",
     "icon_links": [
         {
             "name": "X",