diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index d2865851..9e655247 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ message: >-
   If you use this software, please cite it using the
   metadata from this file.
 type: software
-version: 0.5.2
+version: 0.5.3
 url: https://github.com/rdnfn/beobench
 authors:
   - given-names: Arduin
diff --git a/beobench/__init__.py b/beobench/__init__.py
index a5ef7ccb..806a1360 100644
--- a/beobench/__init__.py
+++ b/beobench/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 __author__ = """Beobench authors"""
 __email__ = "-"
-__version__ = "0.5.2"
+__version__ = "0.5.3"
 
 import os
 from loguru import logger
diff --git a/beobench/data/configs/default.yaml b/beobench/data/configs/default.yaml
index 7c434ffc..bcf85a4f 100644
--- a/beobench/data/configs/default.yaml
+++ b/beobench/data/configs/default.yaml
@@ -107,4 +107,4 @@ general:
   # experiment once.
   num_samples: 1
   # Beobench version
-  # version: 0.5.2
+  # version: 0.5.3
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index db2aaad2..161e7337 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.5.2
+current_version = 0.5.3
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3f555dbe..2689d8ee 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 with open("HISTORY.rst", encoding="UTF-8") as history_file:
     history = history_file.read()
 
-version = "0.5.2"  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+version = "0.5.3"  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 
 requirements = [
     "docker",