diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 69fde8b8c5..f01793d8b3 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 5.51
+current_version = 5.53
 commit = True
 Tag = True
 parse = v?(?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index b7b2b3ac57..7d4acc3fd8 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Setup Hugo
       uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@v2
       with:
-        hugo-version: '0.119.0'
+        hugo-version: '0.125.5'
         extended: true
 
     - name: Setup yq
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 449972ae4f..d40104bee1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
 To get started, please proceed to [The Splunk Observability Cloud Workshops Homepage](https://splunk.github.io/observability-workshop/latest/).
 
 Latest versions of the workshop are:
-- [v5.51](https://splunk.github.io/observability-workshop/v5.51/)
-- [v5.50](https://splunk.github.io/observability-workshop/v5.50/)
+- [v5.53](https://splunk.github.io/observability-workshop/v5.53/)
+- [v5.52](https://splunk.github.io/observability-workshop/v5.52/)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0051c8c723..21b88d1f0a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.51
+5.53
diff --git a/deprecated/multipass/main.tf b/deprecated/multipass/main.tf
index bced34ec6d..845724574e 100644
--- a/deprecated/multipass/main.tf
+++ b/deprecated/multipass/main.tf
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ variable "splunk_diab" {
 variable "wsversion" {
   description = "Workshop version"
   type        = string
-  default     = "5.51"
+  default     = "5.53"
 }
 
 variable "instance_password" {
diff --git a/deprecated/multipass/terraform.tfvars.template b/deprecated/multipass/terraform.tfvars.template
index 6333305299..81c33a45ab 100644
--- a/deprecated/multipass/terraform.tfvars.template
+++ b/deprecated/multipass/terraform.tfvars.template
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ otel_demo = false
 pub_key = ""
 
 # Advanced
-wsversion = "5.51"
+wsversion = "5.53"
 user_data_tpl = "userdata.yaml"
 
diff --git a/hugo.yaml b/hugo.yaml
index f9e0be0a01..e4e0077f39 100644
--- a/hugo.yaml
+++ b/hugo.yaml
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ params:
   versions:
     - version: latest
       url: https://splunk.github.io/observability-workshop/latest/
-    - version: v5.50
-      url: https://splunk.github.io/observability-workshop/v5.50
-    - version: v5.51
-      url: https://splunk.github.io/observability-workshop/v5.51
+    - version: v5.52
+      url: https://splunk.github.io/observability-workshop/v5.52
+    - version: v5.53
+      url: https://splunk.github.io/observability-workshop/v5.53
   url_latest_version: https://splunk.github.io/observability-workshop/
   imageEffects:
     border: false
diff --git a/workshop/aws/ec2/terraform.tfvars.template b/workshop/aws/ec2/terraform.tfvars.template
index db8d5c7922..5e046a212a 100644
--- a/workshop/aws/ec2/terraform.tfvars.template
+++ b/workshop/aws/ec2/terraform.tfvars.template
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ tagging_workshop = false
 pub_key = ""
 
 # Advanced
-wsversion = "5.51"
+wsversion = "5.53"
 user_data_tpl = "userdata.yaml"
diff --git a/workshop/aws/ec2/variables.tf b/workshop/aws/ec2/variables.tf
index e0a84ab5f4..7bda5c86a8 100644
--- a/workshop/aws/ec2/variables.tf
+++ b/workshop/aws/ec2/variables.tf
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ variable "tagging_workshop" {
 variable "wsversion" {
   description = "Workshop version"
   type        = string
-  default     = "5.51"
+  default     = "5.53"
 }
 
 data "aws_ami" "latest-ubuntu" {
diff --git a/workshop/cloud-init/victorops.yaml b/workshop/cloud-init/victorops.yaml
index b546488548..13b9494d85 100644
--- a/workshop/cloud-init/victorops.yaml
+++ b/workshop/cloud-init/victorops.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ write_files:
 
 runcmd:
   # Download Workshop
-  - export WSVERSION=5.51
+  - export WSVERSION=5.53
   - 'export WSARCHIVE=$([ "$WSVERSION" = "main" ] && echo "main" || echo "v$WSVERSION")'
   - curl -s -OL https://github.com/splunk/observability-workshop/archive/$WSARCHIVE.zip
   - unzip -qq $WSARCHIVE.zip -d /home/splunk/