diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e54839a..fbf8390c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -308,3 +308,11 @@ In our bugfix era.
 - fixed stability issues introduced with the new validation on parameter indices
 - added missing translations for library indexing
 - fixed entry navigator pointing to negative entry indices after renaming items (thanks [pitheguy](https://github.com/PiTheGuy)!)
+
+# 2.5.3
+
+in the code straight up 'fixin it'. and by 'it' let's justr say. my bugs
+
+- fixed two issues with `dropInvalidMappings`
+  - fixed recursive search for mapping sometimes failing and dropping parents of mapped entries
+  - fixed an extremely rare case where methods with improper `max_locals` attributes would lose their args
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index eaa9a4d4..18176ad3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ subprojects {
 	}
 
 	group = 'org.quiltmc'
-	version = '2.5.2'
+	version = '2.5.3'
 
 	var ENV = System.getenv()
 	version = version + (ENV.GITHUB_ACTIONS ? (ENV.SNAPSHOTS_URL ? "-SNAPSHOT" : "") : "+local")