prepare for 5.3 release
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 0a51288..7d1fed0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+===========================================================================
+5.4
 
 ===========================================================================
 5.3
diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
index 439ead9..0236dcc 100644
--- a/build.properties
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Names of distributions
 #
 testng.basename=testng
-testng.version=5.3beta
+testng.version=5.3
 jdk14.testng.jar=${testng.basename}-${testng.version}-jdk14.jar
 jdk15.testng.jar=${testng.basename}-${testng.version}-jdk15.jar
 other.jars.dir=other-jars