diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e3f80b1..1294e1e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-253-rc3.tar.gz) = 1e2e9a08a1066a9699d0cb87f44718a0add54b283fbedac945893cb59ffb4653b8084270ee686fb64e44e3143f7e004de7bc33e5d698b71c01bd0e1b8d4eb21d
+SHA512 (systemd-253.tar.gz) = 3bbc431a292ab590b70d3b490a528f71d30ccf478ddfa66d1c210f40c260ef49ac30651c19f2d073acf38d68398a4a6fbf95391f0e3ea0333d94b9d4e81d514f
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 48051d7..f9909ba 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://systemd.io
 %if %{without inplace}
-Version:        253~rc3
+Version:        253
 %else
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')