diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 35d4122..b62305a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
 
+What's New in Python 2.6.2
+==========================
+
+*Release date: 14-Apr-2009*
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.6.2 rc 1
 ===============================
 
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index 134044a..766e454 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 2.6.2c1
+%define version 2.6.2
 %define libver 2.6
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg