diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b5e090a..3ef1b9c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.17.3</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformats-text</artifactId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 747f82e6..c5285402 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Active Maintainers:
 
 No changes since 2.17
 
-2.17.3 (not yet released)
+2.17.3 (01-Nov-2024)
 
 #499: (yaml) SnakeYAML upgrade to 2.3
  (contributed by @pjfanning)