prepare for 2.9.3
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 0f05028..66cbd6c 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 === Releases === 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.9.3 (not yet released)
+2.9.3 (09-Dec-2017)
 
 #1604: Nested type arguments doesn't work with polymorphic types
 #1794: `StackTraceElementDeserializer` not working if field visibility changed