diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 44c72ee95621..54bbdc000683 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
          "vxs.inc"
       ]
    },
-   "release_status" : "testing",
+   "release_status" : "stable",
    "resources" : {
       "bugtracker" : {
          "web" : "https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues"
@@ -120,5 +120,5 @@
       }
    },
    "version" : "5.038001",
-   "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON::PP version 4.16"
+   "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON::PP version 4.07"
 }