diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d4e0fd..8e4e4e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Upcoming changes...
 
+## [0.5.3] - 2023-10-03
+### Added
+- Added symbolic file check (to skip)
+
 ## [0.5.2] - 2023-08-14
 ### Added
 - Added support for manual proxy configuration (`--proxy`)
@@ -48,3 +52,4 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [0.5.0]: https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.java/compare/v0.4.0...v0.5.0
 [0.5.1]: https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.java/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1
 [0.5.2]: https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.java/compare/v0.5.1...v0.5.2
+[0.5.3]: https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.java/compare/v0.5.2...v0.5.3
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b0d22c7..e7fa4a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.scanoss</groupId>
     <artifactId>scanoss</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.2</version>
+    <version>0.5.3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>scanoss.java</name>
     <url>https://github.com/scanoss/scanoss.java</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/scanoss/Scanner.java b/src/main/java/com/scanoss/Scanner.java
index 14f78ba..2e516e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/scanoss/Scanner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/scanoss/Scanner.java
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public List<String> processFileList(@NonNull String root, @NonNull List<String>
                 if (!filterFile(nameLower)) {
                     Path fullPath = Path.of(root, file);
                     File f = fullPath.toFile();
-                    if (f.exists() && f.isFile() && f.length() > 0) {
+                    if (f.exists() && f.isFile() && f.length() > 0 && ! Files.isSymbolicLink(fullPath)) {
                         Future<String> future = executorService.submit(() -> processor.process(file, stripDirectory(root, file)));
                         futures.add(future);
                     }