diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cd0c062df..60b6a11ed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased][unreleased]
 
+## [2.5.3] - 2021-01-06
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fix error (introduced in v2.5.2) that happens when the map attribution control is not present (🙏avinmathew🙏 [#1252](https://github.com/Esri/esri-leaflet/pull/1252))
@@ -762,7 +764,8 @@ None
 - Add DarkGray and DarkGrayLabels to BasemapLayer. #190
 - An attributionControl on maps is now required when using BasemapLayer. #159
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/esri/esri-leaflet/compare/v2.5.2..HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/esri/esri-leaflet/compare/v2.5.3..HEAD
+[2.5.3]: https://github.com/esri/esri-leaflet/compare/v2.5.2...v2.5.3
 [2.5.2]: https://github.com/esri/esri-leaflet/compare/v2.5.1...v2.5.2
 [2.5.1]: https://github.com/esri/esri-leaflet/compare/v2.5.0...v2.5.1
 [2.5.0]: https://github.com/esri/esri-leaflet/compare/v2.4.1...v2.5.0
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 32d60460e..5141b5fb4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "esri-leaflet",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.5.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7586f53f2..12ab514c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "esri-leaflet",
   "description": "Leaflet plugins for consuming ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Server services.",
-  "version": "2.5.2",
+  "version": "2.5.3",
   "author": "Patrick Arlt <parlt@esri.com> (http://patrickarlt.com)",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/esri/esri-leaflet/issues"