diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index bc3b0aec..52519f28 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.5.3.dev0
+current_version = 0.5.3
 commit = True
 tag = True
 sign_tags = True
diff --git a/omero_mapr/__init__.py b/omero_mapr/__init__.py
index 08b9275d..35fd3a59 100644
--- a/omero_mapr/__init__.py
+++ b/omero_mapr/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from omero_mapr.utils.version import get_version
 
 
-VERSION = "0.5.3.dev0"
+VERSION = "0.5.3"
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)