diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 21fd228b3..7b7264c40 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Changes in 3.0.3 (unreleased)
+## Changes in 3.0.3 (2023-11-19)
 After a long hiatus and slow development, finally a hamster release
 again! This version contains some usability fixes and makes hamster run
 on newer systems.
diff --git a/src/hamster/VERSION b/src/hamster/VERSION
index 54ae09e0c..282895a8f 100644
--- a/src/hamster/VERSION
+++ b/src/hamster/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-unreleased
+3.0.3
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