diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 922f433fd61..086c732a3a8 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
     "description": "Mirror of the Sage https://sagemath.org/ source tree", 
     "license": "other-open", 
-    "title": "sagemath/sage: 9.5.rc4", 
-    "version": "9.5.rc4", 
+    "title": "sagemath/sage: 9.5", 
+    "version": "9.5", 
     "upload_type": "software", 
-    "publication_date": "2022-01-24", 
+    "publication_date": "2022-01-30", 
     "creators": [
         {
             "affiliation": "SageMath.org", 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "related_identifiers": [
         {
             "scheme": "url", 
-            "identifier": "https://github.com/sagemath/sage/tree/9.5.rc4", 
+            "identifier": "https://github.com/sagemath/sage/tree/9.5", 
             "relation": "isSupplementTo"
         }, 
         {
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index c358388ace6..827f1d6e33c 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 9.5.rc4, Release Date: 2022-01-24
+SageMath version 9.5, Release Date: 2022-01-30
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index 2b4836bec4a..34cab960246 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=8209739ce4ad39a2db92d869bb409249937ea542
-md5=b17ec372ea4b3cbcd467caa1986c1424
-cksum=70978832
+sha1=4406875a18bd9487a85484a2917a276e85f9b31e
+md5=c665b2fdf3f2a7325d4d4a8d34d1073f
+cksum=3749171882
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index c223907b787..ee911f452df 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-86ce7ada38fd23f805c2571cdafa21d1240b3075
+2e5d421a71304586f059863c84e61e5d0de00be9
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagelib/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/sagelib/package-version.txt
index 5619b691d77..592f36ef3a9 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagelib/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagelib/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.5.rc4
+9.5
diff --git a/src/VERSION.txt b/src/VERSION.txt
index 5619b691d77..592f36ef3a9 100644
--- a/src/VERSION.txt
+++ b/src/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.5.rc4
+9.5
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index f655472858b..f87efdc9e13 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for shell scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='9.5.rc4'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2022-01-24'
-SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 9.5.rc4, Release Date: 2022-01-24'
+SAGE_VERSION='9.5'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2022-01-30'
+SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 9.5, Release Date: 2022-01-30'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index 1056b2ad657..f390b8bc900 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '9.5.rc4'
-date = '2022-01-24'
-banner = 'SageMath version 9.5.rc4, Release Date: 2022-01-24'
+version = '9.5'
+date = '2022-01-30'
+banner = 'SageMath version 9.5, Release Date: 2022-01-30'