diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b5a754c8cad..9c28341a03a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ This file contains the main features as well as overviews of specific
 bug fixes (and other actions) for each version of Libfabric since
 version 1.0.
 
-v1.5.4rc1, Tue Sept 4, 2018
-===========================
+v1.5.4, Fri Sept 21, 2018
+=========================
 
 ## Core
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8a8338d9d4e..73fcccdfe26 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([libfabric], [1.5.4rc1], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
+AC_INIT([libfabric], [1.5.4], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/fabric.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(config)