diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 80ad25ada..a082cddf3 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+20.3.3 (2020-12-15)
+===================
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- Revert "Skip candidate not providing valid metadata", as that caused pip to be overeager about downloading from the package index. (`#9264 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9264>`_)
+
+
 20.3.2 (2020-12-15)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/news/9264.bugfix.rst b/news/9264.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 0178ab197..000000000
--- a/news/9264.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Revert "Skip candidate not providing valid metadata", as that caused pip to be overeager about downloading from the package index.
diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
index ae0fe9a9f..41b291e61 100644
--- a/src/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING:
     from typing import List, Optional
 
 
-__version__ = "21.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "20.3.3"
 
 
 def main(args=None):