diff --git a/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst b/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a60a7c4b18..0000000000
--- a/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-RELEASE_TYPE: patch
-
-This patch improves the :doc:`Ghostwriter's <ghostwriter>` handling
-of strategies to generate various fiddly types including frozensets,
-keysviews, valuesviews, regex matches and patterns, and so on.
diff --git a/hypothesis-python/docs/changes.rst b/hypothesis-python/docs/changes.rst
index c937ee3de2..8af8d27975 100644
--- a/hypothesis-python/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/hypothesis-python/docs/changes.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ Hypothesis 6.x
 
     .. include:: ../RELEASE.rst
 
+.. _v6.8.3:
+
+------------------
+6.8.3 - 2021-03-28
+------------------
+
+This patch improves the :doc:`Ghostwriter's <ghostwriter>` handling
+of strategies to generate various fiddly types including frozensets,
+keysviews, valuesviews, regex matches and patterns, and so on.
+
 .. _v6.8.2:
 
 ------------------
diff --git a/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/version.py b/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/version.py
index 3dc59964d6..2890e73ea3 100644
--- a/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/version.py
+++ b/hypothesis-python/src/hypothesis/version.py
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 #
 # END HEADER
 
-__version_info__ = (6, 8, 2)
+__version_info__ = (6, 8, 3)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, __version_info__))