diff --git a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/View/Index/HtmlView.php b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/View/Index/HtmlView.php
index af44c4dea913b..48bdfe06d97a2 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/View/Index/HtmlView.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/View/Index/HtmlView.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class HtmlView extends BaseHtmlView
      *
      * @var    boolean
      *
-     * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since  5.3.0
      */
     protected $finderPlugins = true;
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Model/LogModel.php b/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Model/LogModel.php
index edca39da1acaf..6c9e30fb96881 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Model/LogModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Model/LogModel.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class LogModel extends AdminModel
      *
      * @return Form|boolean  A Form object on success, false on failure.
      *
-     * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since  5.3.0
      * @throws \Exception
      */
     public function getForm($data = [], $loadData = true)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function getForm($data = [], $loadData = true)
      *
      * @return Table
      *
-     * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since  5.3.0
      * @throws \Exception
      */
     public function getTable($name = 'Log', $prefix = 'Administrator', $options = []): Table
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
index b4fda38a401a2..989b33cf03911 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<tag>en-GB</tag>
 	<version>5.3.0</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-12</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2025-01</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index b3244d94baa5a..76f1880e9e836 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="administrator">
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<version>5.3.0</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-12</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2025-01</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
index 45075446da909..18c8d16296fa2 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
 	<copyright>(C) 2019 Open Source Matters, Inc.</copyright>
 	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
-	<version>5.3.0-alpha3-dev</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-12</creationDate>
+	<version>5.3.0-alpha3</version>
+	<creationDate>2025-01</creationDate>
 	<description>FILES_JOOMLA_XML_DESCRIPTION</description>
 
 	<scriptfile>administrator/components/com_admin/script.php</scriptfile>
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
index e61ac19364904..0a40bf78fc9f7 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB) Language Pack</name>
 	<packagename>en-GB</packagename>
 	<version>5.3.0.1</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-12</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2025-01</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/api/language/en-GB/install.xml b/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
index 5127defcb92f0..fcff058eb8653 100644
--- a/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<tag>en-GB</tag>
 	<version>5.3.0</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-12</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2025-01</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 4636b3b0d4664..ce0b7637c3206 100644
--- a/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="api">
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<version>5.3.0</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-12</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2025-01</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 6a8ffd24539a1..825ce19128407 100644
--- a/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="installation">
 	<name>English (United Kingdom)</name>
 	<version>5.3.0</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-12</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2025-01</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<copyright>(C) 2005 Open Source Matters, Inc.</copyright>
 	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
diff --git a/language/en-GB/install.xml b/language/en-GB/install.xml
index da66963bbb496..c8b641426305a 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<tag>en-GB</tag>
 	<version>5.3.0</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-12</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2025-01</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 6db6fe9e272f4..3706ad1ac77a0 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="site">
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<version>5.3.0</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-12</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2025-01</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/libraries/src/Version.php b/libraries/src/Version.php
index 96b31f1641c49..05969fad2f7d2 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Version.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Version.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.8.0
      */
-    public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'alpha3-dev';
+    public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'alpha3';
 
     /**
      * Development status.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const DEV_STATUS = 'Development';
+    public const DEV_STATUS = 'Alpha';
 
     /**
      * Code name.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const RELDATE = '24-December-2024';
+    public const RELDATE = '21-January-2025';
 
     /**
      * Release time.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const RELTIME = '16:01';
+    public const RELTIME = '16:00';
 
     /**
      * Release timezone.
diff --git a/plugins/system/actionlogs/src/Extension/ActionLogs.php b/plugins/system/actionlogs/src/Extension/ActionLogs.php
index 0a31fe089505a..5f4129451519a 100644
--- a/plugins/system/actionlogs/src/Extension/ActionLogs.php
+++ b/plugins/system/actionlogs/src/Extension/ActionLogs.php
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ public static function renderActionlogsNotify($value)
      *
      * @return  string  The rendered value.
      *
-     * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since   5.3.0
      */
     public static function renderActionlogsExcludeSelf($value)
     {
diff --git a/plugins/system/tasknotification/src/Extension/TaskNotification.php b/plugins/system/tasknotification/src/Extension/TaskNotification.php
index 51e03b5feada3..31d3cb32b8e25 100644
--- a/plugins/system/tasknotification/src/Extension/TaskNotification.php
+++ b/plugins/system/tasknotification/src/Extension/TaskNotification.php
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ private function sendMail(string $template, array $data, string $attachment = ''
      *
      * @return  void
      *
-     * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since  5.3.0
      * @throws \Exception
      */
     private function saveLog(array $data): void