diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5d2eb1fe3ef..96c0bdd1eed 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-Release 6.1.3 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-Incompatible changes
---------------------
-
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
+Release 6.1.3 (released Jan 10, 2023)
+=====================================
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
@@ -20,9 +8,6 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #11117: Reverted changes to parallel image processing from Sphinx 6.1.0
 * #11119: Supress ``ValueError`` in the ``linkcheck`` builder
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 6.1.2 (released Jan 07, 2023)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 5c3e705e20e..6a3e1a2e3d3 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (6, 1, 3, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (6, 1, 3, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
-_in_development = True
+_in_development = False
 if _in_development:
     # Only import subprocess if needed
     import subprocess