diff --git a/changelog/12446.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12446.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f591c48eed..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12446.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Avoid calling ``@property`` (and other instance descriptors) during fixture discovery -- by :user:`asottile`
diff --git a/changelog/12659.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12659.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 297381b9602..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12659.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed the issue of not displaying assertion failure differences when using the parameter ``--import-mode=importlib`` in pytest>=8.1.
diff --git a/changelog/12663.doc.rst b/changelog/12663.doc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e665bc67a10..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12663.doc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clarify that the `pytest_deselected` hook should be called from `pytest_collection_modifyitems` hook implementations when items are deselected.
diff --git a/changelog/12667.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12667.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index eceee86cb53..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12667.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed a regression where type change in `ExceptionInfo.errisinstance` caused `mypy` to fail.
diff --git a/changelog/12678.doc.rst b/changelog/12678.doc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d79ec41007..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12678.doc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove erroneous quotes from `tmp_path_retention_policy` example in docs.
diff --git a/changelog/12744.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12744.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 7814b59c180..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12744.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed typing compatibility with Python 3.9 or less -- replaced `typing.Self` with `typing_extensions.Self` -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/changelog/12745.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12745.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 420be931ce9..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12745.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed an issue with backslashes being incorrectly converted in nodeid paths on Windows, ensuring consistent path handling across environments.
diff --git a/changelog/12769.misc.rst b/changelog/12769.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index aae4d137a0d..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12769.misc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix typos discovered by codespell and add codespell to pre-commit hooks.
diff --git a/changelog/6682.bugfix.rst b/changelog/6682.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f756cbd9c2..00000000000
--- a/changelog/6682.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed bug where the verbosity levels where not being respected when printing the "msg" part of failed assertion (as in ``assert condition, msg``).
diff --git a/changelog/9422.bugfix.rst b/changelog/9422.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 38196340fd5..00000000000
--- a/changelog/9422.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix bug where disabling the terminal plugin via ``-p no:terminal`` would cause crashes related to missing the ``verbose`` option.
-
--- by :user:`GTowers1`
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/index.rst b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
index 09311a1a1ab..61e4a772beb 100644
--- a/doc/en/announce/index.rst
+++ b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release announcements
    :maxdepth: 2
 
 
+   release-8.3.3
    release-8.3.2
    release-8.3.1
    release-8.3.0
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-8.3.3.rst b/doc/en/announce/release-8.3.3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e3eb36b921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/en/announce/release-8.3.3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+pytest-8.3.3
+=======================================
+
+pytest 8.3.3 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/stable/changelog.html.
+
+Thanks to all of the contributors to this release:
+
+* Anthony Sottile
+* Avasam
+* Bruno Oliveira
+* Christian Clauss
+* Eugene Mwangi
+* Florian Bruhin
+* GTowers1
+* Nauman Ahmed
+* Pierre Sassoulas
+* Reagan Lee
+* Ronny Pfannschmidt
+* Stefaan Lippens
+* Sviatoslav Sydorenko (Святослав Сидоренко)
+* dongfangtianyu
+
+
+Happy testing,
+The pytest Development Team
diff --git a/doc/en/builtin.rst b/doc/en/builtin.rst
index b4c0f91f8e5..9b406a6a512 100644
--- a/doc/en/builtin.rst
+++ b/doc/en/builtin.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
     cachedir: .pytest_cache
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 0 items
-    cache -- .../_pytest/cacheprovider.py:558
+    cache -- .../_pytest/cacheprovider.py:556
         Return a cache object that can persist state between testing sessions.
 
         cache.get(key, default)
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
 
         Values can be any object handled by the json stdlib module.
 
-    capsysbinary -- .../_pytest/capture.py:1005
+    capsysbinary -- .../_pytest/capture.py:1006
         Enable bytes capturing of writes to ``sys.stdout`` and ``sys.stderr``.
 
         The captured output is made available via ``capsysbinary.readouterr()``
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
                 captured = capsysbinary.readouterr()
                 assert captured.out == b"hello\n"
 
-    capfd -- .../_pytest/capture.py:1033
+    capfd -- .../_pytest/capture.py:1034
         Enable text capturing of writes to file descriptors ``1`` and ``2``.
 
         The captured output is made available via ``capfd.readouterr()`` method
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
                 captured = capfd.readouterr()
                 assert captured.out == "hello\n"
 
-    capfdbinary -- .../_pytest/capture.py:1061
+    capfdbinary -- .../_pytest/capture.py:1062
         Enable bytes capturing of writes to file descriptors ``1`` and ``2``.
 
         The captured output is made available via ``capfd.readouterr()`` method
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
                 captured = capfdbinary.readouterr()
                 assert captured.out == b"hello\n"
 
-    capsys -- .../_pytest/capture.py:977
+    capsys -- .../_pytest/capture.py:978
         Enable text capturing of writes to ``sys.stdout`` and ``sys.stderr``.
 
         The captured output is made available via ``capsys.readouterr()`` method
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
                 captured = capsys.readouterr()
                 assert captured.out == "hello\n"
 
-    doctest_namespace [session scope] -- .../_pytest/doctest.py:740
+    doctest_namespace [session scope] -- .../_pytest/doctest.py:741
         Fixture that returns a :py:class:`dict` that will be injected into the
         namespace of doctests.
 
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
 
         For more details: :ref:`doctest_namespace`.
 
-    pytestconfig [session scope] -- .../_pytest/fixtures.py:1344
+    pytestconfig [session scope] -- .../_pytest/fixtures.py:1345
         Session-scoped fixture that returns the session's :class:`pytest.Config`
         object.
 
         Example::
 
             def test_foo(pytestconfig):
-                if pytestconfig.getoption("verbose") > 0:
+                if pytestconfig.get_verbosity() > 0:
                     ...
 
     record_property -- .../_pytest/junitxml.py:280
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
 
         .. _legacy_path: https://py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/path.html
 
-    caplog -- .../_pytest/logging.py:600
+    caplog -- .../_pytest/logging.py:598
         Access and control log capturing.
 
         Captured logs are available through the following properties/methods::
diff --git a/doc/en/changelog.rst b/doc/en/changelog.rst
index 9da6f487f8d..9f30c86be3a 100644
--- a/doc/en/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/en/changelog.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,52 @@ with advance notice in the **Deprecations** section of releases.
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+pytest 8.3.3 (2024-09-09)
+=========================
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+- `#12446 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12446>`_: Avoid calling ``@property`` (and other instance descriptors) during fixture discovery -- by :user:`asottile`
+
+
+- `#12659 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12659>`_: Fixed the issue of not displaying assertion failure differences when using the parameter ``--import-mode=importlib`` in pytest>=8.1.
+
+
+- `#12667 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12667>`_: Fixed a regression where type change in `ExceptionInfo.errisinstance` caused `mypy` to fail.
+
+
+- `#12744 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12744>`_: Fixed typing compatibility with Python 3.9 or less -- replaced `typing.Self` with `typing_extensions.Self` -- by :user:`Avasam`
+
+
+- `#12745 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12745>`_: Fixed an issue with backslashes being incorrectly converted in nodeid paths on Windows, ensuring consistent path handling across environments.
+
+
+- `#6682 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/6682>`_: Fixed bug where the verbosity levels where not being respected when printing the "msg" part of failed assertion (as in ``assert condition, msg``).
+
+
+- `#9422 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/9422>`_: Fix bug where disabling the terminal plugin via ``-p no:terminal`` would cause crashes related to missing the ``verbose`` option.
+
+  -- by :user:`GTowers1`
+
+
+
+Improved documentation
+----------------------
+
+- `#12663 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12663>`_: Clarify that the `pytest_deselected` hook should be called from `pytest_collection_modifyitems` hook implementations when items are deselected.
+
+
+- `#12678 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12678>`_: Remove erroneous quotes from `tmp_path_retention_policy` example in docs.
+
+
+
+Miscellaneous internal changes
+------------------------------
+
+- `#12769 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12769>`_: Fix typos discovered by codespell and add codespell to pre-commit hooks.
+
+
 pytest 8.3.2 (2024-07-24)
 =========================
 
diff --git a/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst b/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst
index b175510da6a..fa43308d045 100644
--- a/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst
+++ b/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ objects, they are still using the default pytest representation:
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 8 items
 
-    <Dir parametrize.rst-203>
+    <Dir parametrize.rst-204>
       <Module test_time.py>
         <Function test_timedistance_v0[a0-b0-expected0]>
         <Function test_timedistance_v0[a1-b1-expected1]>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ If you just collect tests you'll also nicely see 'advanced' and 'basic' as varia
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 4 items
 
-    <Dir parametrize.rst-203>
+    <Dir parametrize.rst-204>
       <Module test_scenarios.py>
         <Class TestSampleWithScenarios>
           <Function test_demo1[basic]>
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Let's first see how it looks like at collection time:
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 2 items
 
-    <Dir parametrize.rst-203>
+    <Dir parametrize.rst-204>
       <Module test_backends.py>
         <Function test_db_initialized[d1]>
         <Function test_db_initialized[d2]>
diff --git a/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst b/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
index 5bd03035c14..42a603f114c 100644
--- a/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
+++ b/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ The test collection would look like this:
     configfile: pytest.ini
     collected 2 items
 
-    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-204>
+    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-205>
       <Module check_myapp.py>
         <Class CheckMyApp>
           <Function simple_check>
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ You can always peek at the collection tree without running tests like this:
     configfile: pytest.ini
     collected 3 items
 
-    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-204>
+    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-205>
       <Dir CWD>
         <Module pythoncollection.py>
           <Function test_function>
diff --git a/doc/en/getting-started.rst b/doc/en/getting-started.rst
index 050fd2d80ec..faf81154c48 100644
--- a/doc/en/getting-started.rst
+++ b/doc/en/getting-started.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Install ``pytest``
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     $ pytest --version
-    pytest 8.3.2
+    pytest 8.3.3
 
 .. _`simpletest`:
 
diff --git a/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst b/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst
index d60635c4fea..4f6e8cbee06 100644
--- a/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst
+++ b/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ Running the above tests results in the following test IDs being used:
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collected 12 items
 
-   <Dir fixtures.rst-223>
+   <Dir fixtures.rst-224>
      <Module test_anothersmtp.py>
        <Function test_showhelo[smtp.gmail.com]>
        <Function test_showhelo[mail.python.org]>