Prepare for 2.5.3
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b065eca..faa52e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5</version>
+    <version>2.5.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.5.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- and for testing we need a few libraries
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 180e54e..e726661 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.5.3 (not yet released)
+2.5.3 (24-Apr-2015)
 
 #731: XmlAdapter result marshaling error in case of ValueType=Object
  (reported, debugged by Dmitry S)