diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d49325dac0..a5aa8c3ab4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-gst-vaapi NEWS -- summary of changes.  2013-04-DD
+gst-vaapi NEWS -- summary of changes.  2013-04-18
 Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Splitted-Desktop Systems
 Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Intel Corporation
 Copyright (C) 2011 Collabora
 
-Version 0.5.3 - DD.Apr.2013
+Version 0.5.3 - 18.Apr.2013
 * Add support for GStreamer 1.0.x API (+Sreerenj Balachandran)
 * Fix build on Fedora 17 (Víctor Manuel Jáquez)
 * Fix vaapidecode heuristics to detect decode timeouts
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a91a459925..85c4e58506 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gst_vaapi_major_version], [0])
 m4_define([gst_vaapi_minor_version], [5])
 m4_define([gst_vaapi_micro_version], [3])
-m4_define([gst_vaapi_pre_version],   [1])
+m4_define([gst_vaapi_pre_version],   [0])
 m4_define([gst_vaapi_version],
           [gst_vaapi_major_version.gst_vaapi_minor_version.gst_vaapi_micro_version])
 m4_if(gst_vaapi_pre_version, [0], [], [