diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index a9673edf57..9be97419bb 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: simplex-chat
-version: 0.5.2
+version: 0.5.3
 #synopsis:
 #description:
 homepage: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#readme
diff --git a/simplex-chat.cabal b/simplex-chat.cabal
index 5b9b551e63..b3e921c4a6 100644
--- a/simplex-chat.cabal
+++ b/simplex-chat.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cabal-version: 1.12
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           simplex-chat
-version:        0.5.2
+version:        0.5.3
 category:       Web, System, Services, Cryptography
 homepage:       https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#readme
 author:         Evgeny Poberezkin
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
index 3571353753..c2f2c7288f 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import System.IO (Handle)
 import UnliftIO.STM
 
 versionNumber :: String
-versionNumber = "0.5.2"
+versionNumber = "0.5.3"
 
 data ChatConfig = ChatConfig
   { agentConfig :: AgentConfig,