Version bump for Python 3.5.3.
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index eced80d..77e7249 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 3
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 5
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 3
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 0
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "3.5.3rc1+"
+#define PY_VERSION "3.5.3"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 95535f8..41cfdba 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@
Release date: 2017-01-16
-Core and Builtins
------------------
-
-Library
--------
+There were no code changes between 3.5.3rc1 and 3.5.3 final.
What's New in Python 3.5.3 release candidate 1?
diff --git a/README b/README
index 9856ec1..de3a091 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.5.3 release candidate 1
-================================================
+This is Python version 3.5.3
+============================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Python Software Foundation. All rights
