diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b1073b8..42a56a54 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## Next - unreleased yet
+## [5.3.0](https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/releases/tag/5.2.0) - 2023-09-01
+
+### Changed
+- Uses Django native JSON field
+
 ## [5.2.0](https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django/releases/tag/5.2.0) - 2023-03-31
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/social_django/__init__.py b/social_django/__init__.py
index 2d1a7c2b..b3b76e26 100644
--- a/social_django/__init__.py
+++ b/social_django/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-__version__ = "5.2.0"
+__version__ = "5.3.0"
 
 
-import django
 from social_core.backends.base import BaseAuth
 
 # django.contrib.auth.load_backend() will import and instanciate the
@@ -23,6 +22,3 @@ def fake_init(self, strategy=None, *args, **kwargs):
 if not getattr(BaseAuth, "__init_patched", False):
     BaseAuth.__init__ = baseauth_init_workaround(BaseAuth.__init__)
     BaseAuth.__init_patched = True
-
-if django.VERSION < (3, 2):
-    default_app_config = "social_django.apps.PythonSocialAuthConfig"