diff --git a/altair/__init__.py b/altair/__init__.py
index f36525661..b7c792d3f 100644
--- a/altair/__init__.py
+++ b/altair/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ruff: noqa
-__version__ = "5.3.0dev"
+__version__ = "5.3.0"
 
 from typing import Any
 
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index ad177dafe..8b02553fc 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "5.3.0dev"
+version = "5.3.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = f"{version}"