diff --git a/icu4c/readme.html b/icu4c/readme.html
index 0f793816617..dba98b462ea 100644
--- a/icu4c/readme.html
+++ b/icu4c/readme.html
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
         milestone - if the release note is a milestone release
 -->
 
-  <!-- <body> -->
-  <body class="rc">
+  <body>
+  <!-- <body class="rc"> -->
     <p class="only-draft"><b>Note:</b> This is a draft readme.</p>
 
     <h1>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <p class="note only-rc">This is a release candidate version of ICU4C.
       It is not recommended for production use.</p>
 
-    <p>Last updated: 2018-Sept-18<br/>
+    <p>Last updated: 2018-Oct-05<br/>
       Copyright &copy; 2016 and later: Unicode, Inc. and others. License &amp; terms of use:
       <a href="http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html">http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html</a><br/>
       Copyright &copy; 1997-2016 International Business Machines Corporation and others.
diff --git a/icu4j/build.properties b/icu4j/build.properties
index 09d252b255e..30c4424247e 100644
--- a/icu4j/build.properties
+++ b/icu4j/build.properties
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #*******************************************************************************
 api.report.version = 63
 api.report.prev.version = 62
-release.file.ver = 63rc
-api.doc.version = 63 Release Candidate
-maven.pom.ver = 63.1-SHAPSHOT
+release.file.ver = 63_1
+api.doc.version = 63.1
+maven.pom.ver = 63.1
 
diff --git a/icu4j/readme.html b/icu4j/readme.html
index 753a08f41c6..0161c586ed8 100644
--- a/icu4j/readme.html
+++ b/icu4j/readme.html
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@ h3.doc { text-decoration: underline }
 <body style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" lang="EN-US"
  link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080">
 <h1>International Components for Unicode for Java (ICU4J)</h1>
-<h2>Read Me for ICU4J 63.1 Release Candidate</h2>
-(Last Update: 2018-September-28)
+<h2>Read Me for ICU4J 63.1</h2>
+(Last Update: 2018-Oct-05)
 <hr size="2" width="100%">
 
 <p>
-<!-- <b>Note:</b> This is major release of ICU4J. It contains bug fixes and adds implementations
-of inherited API and introduces new API or functionality. -->
+<b>Note:</b> This is major release of ICU4J. It contains bug fixes and adds implementations
+of inherited API and introduces new API or functionality.
 <!-- <b>Note:</b> This is a development milestone of ICU4J 63.
 The contents of this document may not reflect the recent changes done
 for ICU 63 development. It is not recommended for production use. -->
-<b>Note:</b> This is a release candidate of ICU4J 63.
+<!--<b>Note:</b> This is a release candidate of ICU4J 63.
 The contents of this document may not reflect the recent changes done
 for ICU 63 development. This release candidate is intended for those
 wishing to verify ICU 63 integration before final release. It is not
-recommended for production use.
+recommended for production use.-->
 </p>
 <p>For the most recent release, see the <a
  href="http://www.icu-project.org/download/"> ICU4J
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ found in ICU4J.</p>
 <p>See the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/icusite/download/63">ICU 63 download page</a>
 about new features in this release.</p>
 <p>The list of API changes since the previous ICU4J release is available
-<a href="http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/tags/release-63-rc/icu4j/APIChangeReport.html">here</a>.</p>
+<a href="http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/tags/release-63-1/icu4j/APIChangeReport.html">here</a>.</p>
 
 <!-- ICU 63 items -->
 <h3>Minimum Java Runtime updated to 7</h3>
