diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 29ad8d153..5c66a8772 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-Changes between 1.3.2 and 1.3.3a1
+Changes between 1.3.2 and 1.3.3
 ==================================================
 
 - fix issue113: assertion representation problem with triple-quoted strings
   (and possibly other cases)
 - make conftest loading detect that a conftest file with the same
   content was already loaded, avoids surprises in nested directory structures
-  that can be produced e.g. by Hudson. It alleviates the need to use
-  --confcutdir at all.
+  which can be produced e.g. by Hudson. It probably removes the need to use
+  --confcutdir in most cases.
 - fix terminal coloring for win32
   (thanks Michael Foord for reporting)
 - fix weirdness: make terminal width detection work on stdout instead of stdin
   (thanks Armin Ronacher for reporting)
-- remove trailing whitespace in all py/text files
+- remove trailing whitespace in all py/text distribution files
 
 Changes between 1.3.1 and 1.3.2
 ==================================================
diff --git a/py/__init__.py b/py/__init__.py
index 85e981166..430c0562c 100644
--- a/py/__init__.py
+++ b/py/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dictionary or an import path.
 
 (c) Holger Krekel and others, 2004-2010
 """
-__version__ = version = "1.3.3a1"
+__version__ = version = "1.3.3"
 
 import py.apipkg
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 34d817cdd..9c6758412 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def main():
         name='py',
         description='py.test and pylib: rapid testing and development utils.',
         long_description = long_description,
-        version= '1.3.3a1',
+        version= '1.3.3',
         url='http://pylib.org',
         license='MIT license',
         platforms=['unix', 'linux', 'osx', 'cygwin', 'win32'],