diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5299977..f4778b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ of Jackson components maintained by FasterXML.com
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
-    <jackson.version>2.15.3-SNAPSHOT</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.15.3</jackson.version>
 
     <!-- 25-Sep-2019, tatu: With Jackson 2.x we will release full patch-level versions
            of annotations BUT they are all identical, content-wise.
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 0cb95f4..4c9f326 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Jackson components (core, modules)
 === Releases (note: only includes patches with actual changes)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Not yet released
+2.15.3 (12-Oct-2023)
 
 * Udate `nexus-staging-maven-plugin` to 1.6.13 (from 1.6.8)