diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 9e5773ef..bdcf536b 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ OPT += -DUSE_OMP
 DISTNAME:=Corrfunc
 MAJOR:=2
 MINOR:=5
-PATCHLEVEL:=2
+PATCHLEVEL:=3
 VERSION:=$(MAJOR).$(MINOR).$(PATCHLEVEL)
 ABI_COMPAT_VERSION:=$(MAJOR).0
 # Whenever conda needs to be checked again
diff --git a/utils/defs.h b/utils/defs.h
index 0f5b15c6..a2252534 100644
--- a/utils/defs.h
+++ b/utils/defs.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define API_VERSION          STR("2.5.2")
+#define API_VERSION          STR("2.5.3")
 
 /* Macros as mask for the binning_flags */
 /* These consititute the 32 bytes for