diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index fbbce96..7f29199 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+v0.5.3, 01/17/17 -- fixing bugs related to non-standard indexes and scalars
 v0.5.2, 01/12/17 -- fixing bug related to divide by zero error for reading empty symbols
 v0.5.1, 01/10/17 -- fixing bug with writing dataframes without 0 in the index
                     fixing up dependency issues #4 and #5
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b560d8..9c4400d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pip install git+https://github.com/NREL/gdx-pandas.git@master
 or 
 
 ```bash
-pip install git+https://github.com/NREL/gdx-pandas.git@v0.5.2
+pip install git+https://github.com/NREL/gdx-pandas.git@v0.5.3
 ```
 
 Versions are listed at https://github.com/NREL/gdx-pandas/releases.
diff --git a/gdxpds/__init__.py b/gdxpds/__init__.py
index 0de52c9..6668fec 100644
--- a/gdxpds/__init__.py
+++ b/gdxpds/__init__.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 '''
 
 
-__version__ = '0.5.2'
+__version__ = '0.5.3'
 
 import os
 import psutil
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3504813..d8903fa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name = 'gdxpds',
-    version = "0.5.2",
+    version = "0.5.3",
     author = 'Elaine T. Hale',
     author_email = 'elaine.hale@nrel.gov',
     packages = ['gdxpds', 'gdxpds.test'],