diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd45fa7..880e7e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-fping 5.3-rc1 (2024-12-08)
-==========================
+fping 5.3 (2025-01-02)
+======================
 
 
 ## New features
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 66e6f8b..80d05fc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 dnl Minimum Autoconf version required.
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 
-AC_INIT([fping],[5.3-rc3])
+AC_INIT([fping],[5.3])
 
 m4_ifdef([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],[AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS], [AC_GNU_SOURCE])