diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42a1bbb8f..87e9c5298 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Removed
 - BREAKING: Support for passwords generated with `crypt(3)` (Gnu Social migration artifact)
 
+## 2.5.3
+
+### Security
+- Emoji pack loader sanitizes pack names
+- Reduced permissions of config files and directories, distros requiring greater permissions like group-read need to pre-create the directories
+
 ## 2.5.2
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index fc4e87ee3..115e7113f 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Mixfile do
   def project do
     [
       app: :pleroma,
-      version: version("2.5.52"),
+      version: version("2.5.53"),
       elixir: "~> 1.11",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       compilers: [:phoenix] ++ Mix.compilers(),