diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 937e0c1eeb5..117d7bfed9f 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 8.7.rc0, Release Date: 2019-03-19
+SageMath version 8.7, Release Date: 2019-03-23
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index 17d69616eab..984a3188f15 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=3e8a78bd28a96f80e6be2e7cc5010040b681c5d5
-md5=eb02f6437726c43b2b15c5da325d0f44
-cksum=861178406
+sha1=a591a45d202e88f88dc69a33734022174bf833aa
+md5=23a55e945c2b05d976dea32459503769
+cksum=1484570779
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index b661fff6c43..a1e0432c9a7 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-311
+312
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index dc0b1734444..18ef79cf6d0 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for shell scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='8.7.rc0'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2019-03-19'
-SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 8.7.rc0, Release Date: 2019-03-19'
+SAGE_VERSION='8.7'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2019-03-23'
+SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 8.7, Release Date: 2019-03-23'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index cec29007435..17b63a09b9f 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '8.7.rc0'
-date = '2019-03-19'
-banner = 'SageMath version 8.7.rc0, Release Date: 2019-03-19'
+version = '8.7'
+date = '2019-03-23'
+banner = 'SageMath version 8.7, Release Date: 2019-03-23'