diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 1530d90368..6d908f0f45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 2019.03-RC (UNRELEASED, 2019-03-xx)
+Version 2019.03 (2019-03-22)
   Friendica Core:
     Update to the translation (CS, DE, EN-GB, EN-US, ES, FR, IT, PL, SV, ZH-CN) [translation teams]
     Update to the documentation [Aditoo17, JeroenED, m4sk1n, softmetz, tobiasd]
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f546d9acbc..78b7dcf0ce 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2019.03-rc
+2019.03
diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 830a636aca..76672dc80c 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ use Friendica\Util\BasePath;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 
 define('FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
-define('FRIENDICA_CODENAME',     'The Tazmans Flax-lily');
-define('FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2019.03-rc');
+define('FRIENDICA_CODENAME',     'Dalmatian Bellflower');
+define('FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2019.03');
 define('DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.23');
 define('NEW_UPDATE_ROUTINE_VERSION', 1170);