diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f9497e1cb..509f26083 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 For **1.x** release notes, please see [v1.x/CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/v1.x/CHANGELOG.md)
 
 ---
+### Release 2.5.3 (November 8, 2023) 
+* [#1219](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1219) Provided streamArn in getRecords request 
+* [#1216](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1216) Updated AWS Glue Schema Registry from version 1.1.14 to 1.1.17.
+* [#1205](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1205) Updated the FAQ with impact of changing default checkpoint.
+* [#1203](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1203) Added links from README.md to FAQ and doc folder.
+* [#1202](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1202) Introduced a FAQ for Kinesis Client Library
+* [#1200](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1200) Added test case for StreamIdentifier serialization.
+
 ### Release 2.5.2 (2023-08-07)
 * [#1184](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1184) [#367] Enhanced multi-lang `AWSCredentialsProvider=...` decoder and c…
 * [#1186](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1186) Provided documentation for multilang's new NestedPropertyKey enhancement.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d60678cf..581fdb7bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The recommended way to use the KCL for Java is to consume it from Maven.
   <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
       <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.1</version>
+      <version>2.5.3</version>
   </dependency>
   ```
 
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index bafa2bfab..173395d8b 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.3</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index b6595c96e..76ca4d096 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.5.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
index d20a57c11..1f69b0d50 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class RetrievalConfig {
      */
     public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT = "amazon-kinesis-client-library-java";
 
-    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.5.3-SNAPSHOT";
+    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.5.3";
 
     /**
      * Client used to make calls to Kinesis for records retrieval
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8844aa532..6f6c0cb84 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Amazon Kinesis Client Library</name>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.5.3</version>
   <description>The Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java enables Java developers to easily consume and process data
     from Amazon Kinesis.
   </description>