diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 1062ac9f96774daac4eda0b56493ef5831d96cdb..3a03211032dd468c62c0d427ae53464102dff5ee 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	5
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	10
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"3.5.10rc1+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.5.10"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/README b/README
index d478bd6dda55c14e168090405ffc7a3adf67164c..0a8ed055f19204b98af511730f24d4cede06403c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.5.10rc1
-================================
+This is Python version 3.5.10
+=============================
 
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