diff --git a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
index 3545a6767b1..68b0abfb14f 100644
--- a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 	Email: \email{docs@python.org}
 }
 
-\date{12th September, 2006}			% XXX update before final release!
+\date{19th September, 2006}			% XXX update before final release!
 \input{patchlevel}		% include Python version information
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 0990a186fcf..3043189f323 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	2
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	5
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	2
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION		"2.5c2"
+#define PY_VERSION		"2.5"
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
 #define PY_PATCHLEVEL_REVISION  "$Revision$"
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 74897fad9be..4f4115d5d0c 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+What's New in IDLE 1.2?
+=======================
+
+*Release date: 19-SEP-2006*
+
 What's New in IDLE 1.2c2?
 =========================
 
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 5266b82a4e0..124fae0dfaa 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "1.2c2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "1.2"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c260526a471..06bd3ac57ab 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ Python News
 
 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
 
+What's New in Python 2.5 (final)
+================================
+
+*Release date: 19-SEP-2006*
+
+No changes since release candidate 2.
+
 What's New in Python 2.5 release candidate 2?
 =============================================
 
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec
index 4df60e84487..74144c2ad12 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.5.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #################################
 
 %define name python
-%define version 2.5c2
+%define version 2.5
 %define libvers 2.5
 %define release 1pydotorg
 %define __prefix /usr
diff --git a/README b/README
index 655e79f5fec..fd5d4ff2825 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 2.5 rc 2
-===============================
+This is Python version 2.5
+==========================
 
 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Python Software Foundation.
 All rights reserved.