diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ac31684b0..2c79c6639 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ver 0.15.3 (2009/??/??)
+ver 0.15.3 (2009/08/29)
 * decoders:
   - vorbis: faster tag scanning with ov_test_callback()
 * output:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b4634307..665f19b31 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.15.3~git, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.15.3, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.9 dist-bzip2])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)