version bump
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index a557ce7..fcb5add 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 2
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 6
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 9
-#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 "2.6.9rc1+"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.6.9"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index fe33506..90008aa 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
#
#--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.6.9rc1"
+__version__ = "2.6.9"
#--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index bed231b..79b7cdd 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.6.9rc1"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.6.9"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5ee935a..0f62f82 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@
What's New in Python 2.6.9?
===========================
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2013-10-29*
-Core and Builtins
------------------
-
-Library
--------
+No changes since 2.6.9rc1.
What's New in Python 2.6.9 rc 1?
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index e2de7e3..e6771da 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
%define name python
#--start constants--
-%define version 2.6.9rc1
+%define version 2.6.9
%define libvers 2.6
#--end constants--
%define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 044d1b3..57c6550 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 2.6.9rc1
-===============================
+This is Python version 2.6.9
+============================
Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012, 2013
