diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index cd159b7b..de0736a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
              |_| \__,_|_|_/___|_.__/\__,_|_||_|
 
 =============================================================
-Fail2Ban (version 0.?.?)                           2005/08/??
+Fail2Ban (version 0.5.3)                           2005/09/08
 =============================================================
 
-ver. 0.?.? (2005/08/??) - ???
+ver. 0.5.3 (2005/09/08) - beta
 ----------
 - Fixed a bug when overriding "maxfailures" or "bantime".
   Thanks to Yaroslav Halchenko
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4355f743..ba03b945 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
              |_| \__,_|_|_/___|_.__/\__,_|_||_|
 
 =============================================================
-Fail2Ban (version 0.?.?)                           2005/08/??
+Fail2Ban (version 0.5.3)                           2005/09/08
 =============================================================
 
 Fail2Ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail and bans IP
@@ -58,15 +58,16 @@ Require: python-2.3 (http://www.python.org)
 
 To install, just do:
 
-> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.?.?.tar.bz2
-> cd fail2ban-0.?.?
+> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.5.3.tar.bz2
+> cd fail2ban-0.5.3
 > python setup.py install
 
 This will install Fail2Ban into /usr/lib/fail2ban. The fail2ban
 executable is placed into /usr/bin.
 
-Gentoo: an ebuild is available on the website.
-Debian: a package is available on the website.
+Gentoo: ebuilds are available on the website.
+Debian: Fail2Ban is in Debian unstable.
+RedHat: packages are available on the website.
 
 Fail2Ban should now be correctly installed. Just type:
 
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index b3cc35fd..bb7a2699 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ __date__ = "$Date$"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
-version = "0.5.2-CVS"
+version = "0.5.3"