diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 10edc8eb..e805af94 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.3] - 22/06/2022
+
 ### Added
 
 - added new switch `--ignore-bin-limits` to `diff` that ignores possibly
@@ -251,7 +253,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - first release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/N3PDF/pineappl/compare/v0.5.2...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/N3PDF/pineappl/compare/v0.5.3...HEAD
+[0.5.2]: https://github.com/N3PDF/pineappl/compare/v0.5.2...v0.5.3
 [0.5.2]: https://github.com/N3PDF/pineappl/compare/v0.5.1...v0.5.2
 [0.5.1]: https://github.com/N3PDF/pineappl/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1
 [0.5.0]: https://github.com/N3PDF/pineappl/compare/v0.4.1...v0.5.0
diff --git a/pineappl/Cargo.toml b/pineappl/Cargo.toml
index 592f31e7..81a21d65 100644
--- a/pineappl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pineappl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pineappl"
-version = "0.5.3-beta.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 authors = ["Christopher Schwan <handgranaten-herbert@posteo.de>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
diff --git a/pineappl_capi/Cargo.toml b/pineappl_capi/Cargo.toml
index 14a4dbb4..1a121088 100644
--- a/pineappl_capi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pineappl_capi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pineappl_capi"
-version = "0.5.3-beta.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 authors = ["Christopher Schwan <handgranaten-herbert@posteo.de>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ categories = ["science"]
 description = "C language interface to PineAPPL"
 
 [dependencies]
-pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "0.5.3-beta.2" }
+pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "0.5.3" }
 itertools = "0.10.1"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/pineappl_cli/Cargo.toml b/pineappl_cli/Cargo.toml
index 39f7c380..f737f03a 100644
--- a/pineappl_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pineappl_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pineappl_cli"
-version = "0.5.3-beta.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 authors = ["Christopher Schwan <handgranaten-herbert@posteo.de>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ itertools = "0.10.1"
 lhapdf = "0.2.0"
 ndarray = "0.15.4"
 num_cpus = "1.13.0"
-pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "0.5.3-beta.2" }
+pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "0.5.3" }
 pineappl_fastnlo = { optional = true, path = "../pineappl_fastnlo", version = "0.1.0" }
 prettytable-rs = { default-features = false, features = ["win_crlf"], version = "0.8.0" }
 rayon = "1.5.1"
diff --git a/pineappl_py/Cargo.toml b/pineappl_py/Cargo.toml
index f6d10af0..ffd57937 100644
--- a/pineappl_py/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pineappl_py/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pineappl_py"
-version = "0.5.3-beta.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 authors = [
     "Christopher Schwan <handgranaten-herbert@posteo.de>",
     "Alessandro Candido <candido.ale@gmail.com>",
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 itertools = "0.9"
 ndarray = "0.15.3"
 numpy = "0.16.2"
-pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "0.5.3-beta.2" }
+pineappl = { path = "../pineappl", version = "0.5.3" }
 pyo3 = { features = ["extension-module"], version = "0.16.4" }