diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 90c0ea79d9..fb99d40429 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.5.3.pre4 to 1.5.3:
+
+
 1.5.3.pre3 to 1.5.3.pre4:
   - Add support to GPUs in TaskChain spec (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #10805
   - GPU getters/setters implemented for Workload/Task/Step/CMSSW (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #10799
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
index 7cd66a5afa..5e9910170f 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.5.3.pre4'
+__version__ = '1.5.3'
 __all__ = []