diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index b4a947dfb..e34cd6571 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Notable changes to the codebase are documented here.
 Release names follow [*calendar versioning*](https://calver.org/):
 full year, short month, short day (YYYY-M-D)
 
-## v2022.5 (current master, in development, not released yet)
+## v2022.5.3 
 
 Major changes includes:
 
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 12f3a555f..501038089 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@
 7. Push the package files to PyPi:
 
     ```twine upload dist/*```
+
+8. Create a new release on Github:
+
+    Use the version as the title, and the history as the description. Also upload the files in the dist/ folder 
+    as the release attachments
     
-8. Prepare for a new generic version:
+9. Prepare for a new generic version:
 
     Choose a new version without specifying the day (es. if the previous release was 2022.2.9, choose 2022.3)\
     Then set the version in btclib/__init__.py and docs/source/conf.py to this new version. \
diff --git a/btclib/__init__.py b/btclib/__init__.py
index 943ef1353..11ca36534 100644
--- a/btclib/__init__.py
+++ b/btclib/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 "__init__ module for the btclib package."
 
 name = "btclib"
-__version__ = "2022.3"
+__version__ = "2022.5.3"
 __author__ = "The btclib developers"
 __author_email__ = "devs@btclib.org"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2017-2022 The btclib developers"
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 4a8a2079e..ca3009de9 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 author = "The btclib developers"
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "2022.3"
+release = "2022.5.3"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------