diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 9e7c0e51e3aa62f28c2fb60809fa00840fedadee..54c506fcfeb1f206959828cbd0f038468e96500a 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <property name="php-cs-fixers" value="no_blank_lines_before_namespaces,function_call_space,trailing_spaces,unused_use,lowercase_keywords,encoding,parenthesis,php_closing_tag,visibility,duplicate_semicolon,extra_empty_lines,no_blank_lines_after_class_opening,no_empty_lines_after_phpdocs,operators_spaces,spaces_before_semicolon,ternary_spaces,concat_with_spaces,short_array_syntax,phpdoc_no_access,remove_leading_slash_use" />
 
 
-  <property name="version" value="2.5.2" />
+  <property name="version" value="2.5.3" />
 
   <!-- We only need the -p switch if the password is non-blank -->
   <if><not><equals arg1="${mysqlrootpass}" arg2="" /></not><then>
diff --git a/config/vufind/config.ini b/config/vufind/config.ini
index 53ccefb2b70f53129fb8184887c740ab7821aec2..acf4a1bacdb3241d53637db3d6e9ebff33efaf72 100644
--- a/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ bookBagMaxSize = 100
 ; Display bulk items (export, save, etc.) and checkboxes on search result screens?
 showBulkOptions = false
 ; Generator value to display in an HTML header <meta> tag:
-generator = "VuFind 2.5.2"
+generator = "VuFind 2.5.3"
 
 ; This section allows you to configure the mechanism used for storing user
 ; sessions.  Available types: File, Memcache, Database.
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
index cccec3369a3c2008501677748d05619369e0f536..a5603e16faee0d08ebc019e3560fc9fe7d1639c8 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vufind 2.5.3 distribution; urgency=low
+
+  * VuFind 2.5.3 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
+
+ -- maintainer VuFind Project Administration Team <vufind-admins@lists.sourceforge.net>  Mo 18 Apr 2016 09:50:46 UTC
+
 vufind 2.5.2 distribution; urgency=low
 
   * VuFind 2.5.2 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/control b/packages/DEBIAN/control
index 0c82e161d0038d01315aad622055d0f393b3e632..37bbc23ea477c111032e61680d744f96b48df7a0 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: vufind2
-Version: 2.5.2
+Version: 2.5.3
 Section: World Wide Web
 Priority: Optional
 Architecture: all