diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 62220ffe..069d29f7 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.5.3dev
+current_version = 2.5.3
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1b4ae5c0..2910a0a9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = sdss-marvin
-version = 2.5.3dev
+version = 2.5.3
 author = The Marvin Developers
 author_email = havok2063@hotmail.com
 description = Toolsuite for dealing with the MaNGA dataset