diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index b62d890..bdf179e 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	2
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	7
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION	4
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION	5
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"2.7.4+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"2.7.5"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository). Empty
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 84dbc38..98f4bb3 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 # Updated automatically by the Python release process.
 #
 #--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.7.4"
+__version__ = "2.7.5"
 #--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 77421d5..481afab 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.4"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.5"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0405fb9..8f97390 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 What's New in Python 2.7.5?
 ===========================
 
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2013-05-12*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
index c00ba96..9df3b2c 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 2.7.4
+%define version 2.7.5
 %define libvers 2.7
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 9b3f16e..014028d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 2.7.4
+This is Python version 2.7.5
 ============================
 
 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,