diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f08e5ab5c..0a1ac628c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-12-21 Peter Stephenson
+
+ * unposted: Config/version.mk, Etc/FAQ.yo, NEWS, README:
+ release 5.3.1:
+
2016-12-18 Baptiste Daroussin
* 40210: Completion/Unix/Command/_sysctl: Add support modern
diff --git a/Config/version.mk b/Config/version.mk
index f045b7dd1..5f6bd4efa 100644
--- a/Config/version.mk
+++ b/Config/version.mk
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
# This must also serve as a shell script, so do not add spaces around the
# `=' signs.
-VERSION=5.3-dev-0
-VERSION_DATE='December 12, 2016'
+VERSION=5.3.1
+VERSION_DATE='December 21, 2016'
diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo
index bfd2ce868..6b635ea3e 100644
--- a/Etc/FAQ.yo
+++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ sect(On what machines will it run?)
sect(What's the latest version?)
- Zsh 5.3 is the latest production version. For details of all the
+ Zsh 5.3.1 is the latest production version. For details of all the
changes, see the NEWS file in the source distribution.
A beta of the next version is sometimes available. Development of zsh is
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ba9eb9b2c..547925164 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF ZSH
Note also the list of incompatibilities in the README file.
-Changes from 5.2 to 5.3
------------------------
+Changes from 5.2 to 5.3.1
+-------------------------
+
+There are only minor compatibility fixes between 5.3 and 5.3.1.
It is possible to enable character width support for Unicode 9 by
configuring with `--enable-unicode9'; this compiles in some additional
diff --git a/README b/README
index 9f554de52..5646ff00a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ THE Z SHELL (ZSH)
Version
-------
-This is version 5.3 of the shell. This is a stable release. There are
+This is version 5.3.1 of the shell. This is a stable release. There are
a few visible improvements since 5.2 as well as many bugfixes. Note
in particular the changs highlighted under "Incompatibilites
-between 5.2 and 5.3" below. See NEWS for more information.
+between 5.2 and 5.3.1" below. See NEWS for more information.
Installing Zsh
--------------
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Zsh is a shell with lots of features. For a list of some of these, see the
file FEATURES, and for the latest changes see NEWS. For more
details, see the documentation.
-Incompatibilities between 5.2 and 5.3
--------------------------------------
+Incompatibilities between 5.2 and 5.3.1
+---------------------------------------
1) In character classes delimited by "[" and "]" within patterns, whether
used for filename generation (globbing) or other forms of pattern