diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 109b6b6e389f196fc61a46ea9189cbd450d6ee72..b1ea76162e1d8cf0b806da2885a80a0a02cebbf3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-Drupal 7.xx, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
------------------------
+Drupal 7.83, 2021-12-01
+-----------------------
+- Initial support for PHP 8.1
+- The has_js cookie has been removed (but can be re-enabled)
+- The leading www. is no longer stripped from cookie domain by default
+- The user entity now has a "changed" property
+- Introduced a skip_permissions_hardening setting
+- Changes to the password reset process to avoid email and username enumeration
+- Various bug fixes, optimizations and improvements
 
 Drupal 7.82, 2021-07-21
 -----------------------
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 24554a3c9c321fa735085fd831170afc06fc566d..ce2c617e2f7d234b274d851149120f4737945da1 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.83-dev');
+define('VERSION', '7.83');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.