diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index bc45a7c6b6..c418277b05 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Zing Changelog
 ==============
 
-v0.5.3 (in development)
------------------------
+v0.5.3 (2017-08-16)
+-------------------
 
 * Removed expensive server stats from the admin dashboard (#260).
 * Fixed bug in social account verification before linking it to an existing
diff --git a/pootle/constants.py b/pootle/constants.py
index d03c2b7bd6..c6045f1ef6 100644
--- a/pootle/constants.py
+++ b/pootle/constants.py
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 # or later license. See the LICENSE file for a copy of the license and the
 # AUTHORS file for copyright and authorship information.
 
-VERSION = (0, 5, 3, 'beta', 0)
+VERSION = (0, 5, 3, 'final', 0)
diff --git a/pootle/static/js/package.json b/pootle/static/js/package.json
index 721e86639a..b3fb2ec802 100644
--- a/pootle/static/js/package.json
+++ b/pootle/static/js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "zing",
-  "version": "0.5.3-beta",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",