diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 3624c8ed682e09b5ab7bec75276c0de718041dba..c015fb4fa2b7c8c746d8eab430c7a97344e1f2b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Drupal 7.54, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
+Drupal 7.54, 2017-02-01
 -----------------------
 - Modules are now able to define theme engines (API addition:
   https://www.drupal.org/node/2826480).
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 44137dda85e2c218a7081ad5679b11b4de33a44d..99a5ac84dcf3cb487365488f528200efd70b2155 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.54-dev');
+define('VERSION', '7.54');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.