diff --git a/doc/en/announce/index.rst b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
index fb17b8e9320..a35039587fa 100644
--- a/doc/en/announce/index.rst
+++ b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release announcements
    :maxdepth: 2
 
 
+   release-5.3.5
    release-5.3.4
    release-5.3.3
    release-5.3.2
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-5.3.5.rst b/doc/en/announce/release-5.3.5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46095339f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/en/announce/release-5.3.5.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+pytest-5.3.5
+=======================================
+
+pytest 5.3.5 has just been released to PyPI.
+
+This is a bug-fix release, being a drop-in replacement. To upgrade::
+
+  pip install --upgrade pytest
+
+The full changelog is available at https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/changelog.html.
+
+Thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them:
+
+* Daniel Hahler
+* Ran Benita
+
+
+Happy testing,
+The pytest Development Team
diff --git a/doc/en/changelog.rst b/doc/en/changelog.rst
index e0a2495ccb7..f0ad2b8ecb5 100644
--- a/doc/en/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/en/changelog.rst
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ with advance notice in the **Deprecations** section of releases.
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+pytest 5.3.5 (2020-01-29)
+=========================
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- `#6517 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/6517>`_: Fix regression in pytest 5.3.4 causing an INTERNALERROR due to a wrong assertion.
+
+
 pytest 5.3.4 (2020-01-20)
 =========================