diff --git a/funannotate.py b/funannotate.py
index 85943341..2f6a22bf 100755
--- a/funannotate.py
+++ b/funannotate.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def fmtcols(mylist, cols):
     pass
 
 git_version = lib.git_version()
-base_version = '1.5.2'
+base_version = '1.5.3'
 if git_version:
     version = base_version+'-'+git_version
 else: