Bump version and mark release date in the changelog

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 6dcac364c..6b5ae90f9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-1.5.3 (unreleased)
+1.5.3 (2014-02-20)
 ------------------
 
 * **DEPRECATION** ``pip install --build`` and ``pip install --no-clean`` are now
diff --git a/pip/__init__.py b/pip/__init__.py
index e169fa8e7..5466c5e76 100755
--- a/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/pip/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import pip.cmdoptions
 cmdoptions = pip.cmdoptions
 
 # The version as used in the setup.py and the docs conf.py
-__version__ = "1.5.2"
+__version__ = "1.5.3"
 
 
 def autocomplete():