diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc
index 3757c86..21f4e42 100644
--- a/doc/manual.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Ninja
 =====
 Evan Martin <martine@danga.com>
+v1.5.3, Nov 2014
 
 
 Introduction
diff --git a/src/version.cc b/src/version.cc
index f2d6711..2d2d9c0 100644
--- a/src/version.cc
+++ b/src/version.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 
-const char* kNinjaVersion = "1.5.3.git";
+const char* kNinjaVersion = "1.5.3";
 
 void ParseVersion(const string& version, int* major, int* minor) {
   size_t end = version.find('.');