diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 7d6952e..6b5e566 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	2
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	7
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	4
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"2.7.4rc1+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"2.7.4"
 /*--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 15b511b..84dbc38 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__ = "2.7.4rc1"
+__version__ = "2.7.4"
 #--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 2aea6e0..77421d5 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.4rc1"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.4"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6f4740c..c33be8b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 What's New in Python 2.7.4?
 ===========================
 
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2013-04-06*
 
 Build
 -----
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.7.spec
index 0b62adf..c00ba96 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 2.7.4rc1
+%define version 2.7.4
 %define libvers 2.7
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg