diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9620a26..05b4a5d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ and this project attempts to adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.3]
+
 ## [0.5.2]
 
 ## [0.5.1]
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ Initial release! 🎉
 
 - Josh Thomas <josh@joshthomas.dev> (maintainer)
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/westerveltco/setup-ci-action/compare/v0.5.2...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/westerveltco/setup-ci-action/compare/v0.5.3...HEAD
 [0.1.0]: https:L//github.com/westerveltco/setup-ci-action/releases/tag/v0.1.0
 [0.1.1]: https:L//github.com/westerveltco/setup-ci-action/releases/tag/v0.1.1
 [0.1.2]: https:L//github.com/westerveltco/setup-ci-action/releases/tag/v0.1.2
@@ -109,3 +111,4 @@ Initial release! 🎉
 [0.5.0]: https://github.com/westerveltco/setup-ci-action/releases/tag/v0.5.0
 [0.5.1]: https://github.com/westerveltco/setup-ci-action/releases/tag/v0.5.1
 [0.5.2]: https://github.com/westerveltco/setup-ci-action/releases/tag/v0.5.2
+[0.5.3]: https://github.com/westerveltco/setup-ci-action/releases/tag/v0.5.3
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cb0c939..be14282 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.2
+0.5.3
diff --git a/bumpver.toml b/bumpver.toml
index 350bbdf..dea514f 100644
--- a/bumpver.toml
+++ b/bumpver.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [bumpver]
 commit = true
 commit_message = ":bookmark: bump version {old_version} -> {new_version}"
-current_version = "0.5.2"
+current_version = "0.5.3"
 push = false  # set to false for CI
 tag = false
 version_pattern = "MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH[PYTAGNUM]"