diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 90a5328771..97e4c7f7dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 2019.12 (unreleased)
+Version 2019.12 (2019-12-23)
   Friendica Core:
     Updates to the translations (CS, DE, ET, JA, NL, PL) [translation teams]
     Updates to the documentation [copiis, MrPetovan, stom79, tobiasd]
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6f0044591c..e921f9477a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2019.12-rc
+2019.12
diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 1f9bb3412a..a5564f342c 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 
 define('FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define('FRIENDICA_CODENAME',     'Dalmatian Bellflower');
-define('FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2019.12-rc');
+define('FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2019.12');
 define('DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.23');
 define('NEW_UPDATE_ROUTINE_VERSION', 1170);