diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88697ff..5ec415e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Contributions are welcome.
 2. Download the most recent build from the [releases page.](https://github.com/uermel/chimerax-ome-zarr/releases)
 3. Run the following command in the ChimeraX command prompt to install the plugin:
 ```
-toolshed install /path/to/ChimeraX_OME_Zarr-0.5.2-py3-none-any.whl
+toolshed install /path/to/ChimeraX_OME_Zarr-0.5.3-py3-none-any.whl
 ```
 4. Restart ChimeraX
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 40e7de0..daddca1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ requires = ["setuptools>=45", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
 
 [project]
 name = "ChimeraX-OME-Zarr"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 dynamic = ["classifiers", "requires-python"]
 dependencies = [
-    "ChimeraX-Core~=1.7.1",
+    "ChimeraX-Core>=1.7",
     "ome_zarr",
     "dask",
     "zarr",