diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8eda1b57..96673ecb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### 5.3.1 (2019-12-17)
+
+* bug fix to make ip logging more robust when location cannot be retrieved from the request
+
 ### 5.3.0 (2019-12-13)
 
 * add request id to the search and find request headers
diff --git a/lib/qa/version.rb b/lib/qa/version.rb
index 57e74b63..d8d27925 100644
--- a/lib/qa/version.rb
+++ b/lib/qa/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Qa
-  VERSION = "5.3.0".freeze
+  VERSION = "5.3.1".freeze
 end