diff --git a/CHANELOG.md b/CHANELOG.md
index 31de824..97ff2b6 100644
--- a/CHANELOG.md
+++ b/CHANELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Change-log
 
-## [0.5.3] - (un-released)
+## [0.5.3] - (2017-10-30)
  - Upgrade to datomic-pro version 0.9.5561.56
  - Fixes issue with QA report parsing.
 
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 0181fde..08cdda7 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject wormbase/pseudoace "0.5.2"
+(defproject wormbase/pseudoace "0.5.3"
   :dependencies [[clj-time "0.13.0"]
                  [clj-yaml "0.4.0"]
                  [clojure-csv/clojure-csv "2.0.2"]