diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e79760e..97fa2b7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@
 
 - Support for Windows 9x has been removed from the winsound module.
 
-- bsddb module updated to version 4.7.3pre2.
+- bsddb module updated to version 4.7.3.
   http://www.jcea.es/programacion/pybsddb.htm#bsddb3-4.7.3. This
   code should be compatible with Python 3.0.
 
diff --git a/Modules/bsddb.h b/Modules/bsddb.h
index fe7d823..673f5fc 100644
--- a/Modules/bsddb.h
+++ b/Modules/bsddb.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 #error "eek! DBVER can't handle minor versions > 9"
 #endif
 
-#define PY_BSDDB_VERSION "4.7.3pre9"
+#define PY_BSDDB_VERSION "4.7.3"
 
 /* Python object definitions */