diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
index 81125ed..c30174f 100644
--- a/.hgtags
+++ b/.hgtags
@@ -169,3 +169,4 @@
 40eada278702349a2b2f334aa9d91fa7090ea1e3 v2.7.9rc1
 648dcafa7e5f40da31079bc7a7f0c445f1ea4ab9 v2.7.9
 80ccce248ba2657ed5da3ccf7999f35b78827f5e v2.7.10rc1
+15c95b7d81dcf821daade360741e00714667653f v2.7.10
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 3789b05..a71efde 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	10
-#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      	"2.7.10rc1"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"2.7.10"
 /*--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 90f438d..03708963 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__ = "2.7.10rc1"
+__version__ = "2.7.10"
 #--end constants--