diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 75515014..d538baa6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 # Master version number
 VER_MAJOR := 0
 VER_MINOR := 5
-VER_PATCH := 2
+VER_PATCH := 3
 
 PROJECT   := re
-VERSION   := 0.5.2
+VERSION   := 0.5.3
 
 MK	:= mk/re.mk
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4318fdfb..c04b3ac3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libre (0.5.3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * version 0.5.3
+
+ -- Alfred E. Heggestad <alfred.heggestad@gmail.com>  Sat, 13 May 2017 12:00:00 +0200
+
 libre (0.5.2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * version 0.5.2
diff --git a/docs/ChangeLog b/docs/ChangeLog
index 6fc4c5f7..7561e496 100644
--- a/docs/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+2017-05-13 Alfred E. Heggestad <alfred.heggestad@gmail.com>
+
+	* Version 0.5.3
+
+	* Project URL: https://github.com/creytiv/re
+
+	* build: upgrade windows project to VS2015 (thanks Mikhail Barg)
+		 makefile improvements (thanks Lennart Grahl)
+
+	* ice: remove session object "struct ice"
+
+	* telev: add telev_set_srate (thanks Jan Hoffmann)
+
+
 2017-04-08 Alfred E. Heggestad <alfred.heggestad@gmail.com>
 
 	* Version 0.5.2
diff --git a/rpm/re.spec b/rpm/re.spec
index 972ca68b..9ee9ccfc 100644
--- a/rpm/re.spec
+++ b/rpm/re.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %define name     re
-%define ver      0.5.2
+%define ver      0.5.3
 %define rel      1
 
 Summary: Generic library for real-time communications with async IO support