diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6ecce15e2..3b0b6dc9f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 For official release notes for Docker Engine CE and Docker Engine EE, visit the
 [https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/](release notes page).
 
-## 18.09.3 (2019-02-DD)
+## 18.09.3 (2019-02-28)
 
 ### Networking
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6e4511cee8..e18d7b0207 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18.09.3-rc1
+18.09.3