diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index aafc2620bb7b1651e3f7a1cecaad03b9d1f56d99..4b68f4832909b8b1c5d8a9508532692031bd0704 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commits/ and pick the appropriate
  release branch.
 
- Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.1a [xx XXX xxxx]
+ Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.1a [20 Nov 2018]
 
   *) Timing vulnerability in DSA signature generation
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 410e845e0e061ec807b1250eba7dfd73afc4855f..b95e93027f830d0b5c23f9815037b96aec6062f9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   This file gives a brief overview of the major changes between each OpenSSL
   release. For more details please read the CHANGES file.
 
-  Major changes between OpenSSL 1.1.1 and OpenSSL 1.1.1a [under development]
+  Major changes between OpenSSL 1.1.1 and OpenSSL 1.1.1a [20 Nov 2018]
 
       o Timing vulnerability in DSA signature generation (CVE-2018-0734)
       o Timing vulnerability in ECDSA signature generation (CVE-2018-0735)
diff --git a/README b/README
index 5817b544a0b221eea2e566793e29f4dacaa85bce..affb172e8ba8241dbaeae66eb0bc3d7416f81841 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
- OpenSSL 1.1.1a-dev
+ OpenSSL 1.1.1a 20 Nov 2018
 
  Copyright (c) 1998-2018 The OpenSSL Project
  Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson
diff --git a/include/openssl/opensslv.h b/include/openssl/opensslv.h
index 2a54f2c9c9f58a834ad8a491738374024915e02d..af7a3b564e9deb05b04fadfd42c26d5ece1d5133 100644
--- a/include/openssl/opensslv.h
+++ b/include/openssl/opensslv.h
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ extern "C" {
  * (Prior to 0.9.5a beta1, a different scheme was used: MMNNFFRBB for
  *  major minor fix final patch/beta)
  */
-# define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER  0x10101010L
-# define OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT    "OpenSSL 1.1.1a-dev  xx XXX xxxx"
+# define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER  0x1010101fL
+# define OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT    "OpenSSL 1.1.1a  20 Nov 2018"
 
 /*-
  * The macros below are to be used for shared library (.so, .dll, ...)