diff --git a/nutils/__init__.py b/nutils/__init__.py
index 81d3a2d8e..9325f9942 100644
--- a/nutils/__init__.py
+++ b/nutils/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 assert sys.version_info >= (3, 5)
 assert LooseVersion(numpy.version.version) >= LooseVersion('1.15'), 'nutils requires numpy 1.15 or higher, got {}'.format(numpy.version.version)
 
-version = '6.3a0'
+version = '6.3'
 version_name = 'garak-guksu'
 long_version = ('{} "{}"' if version_name else '{}').format(version, version_name)