diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 9ae3054864..9232e415e0 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 
 ## vNEXT
 
+## v0.5.3
+
+TODO: Finish 0.5.3 section
+
 * `OAuth1Binding` improvements:  #539
   * `OAuth1Binding.get` and `OAuth1Binding.call` now return the full response
     (including headers and statusCode), rather than just the data.
diff --git a/admin/debian/changelog b/admin/debian/changelog
index 6b85fb6ca3..b8b7317e6b 100644
--- a/admin/debian/changelog
+++ b/admin/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-meteor (0.5.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
+meteor (0.5.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Automated debian build.
 
diff --git a/admin/install-s3.sh b/admin/install-s3.sh
index eb3ccc3ee8..91fbc35085 100755
--- a/admin/install-s3.sh
+++ b/admin/install-s3.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ## example.
 
 URLBASE="https://d3sqy0vbqsdhku.cloudfront.net"
-VERSION="0.5.2"
+VERSION="0.5.3"
 PKGVERSION="${VERSION}-1"
 
 UNAME=`uname`
diff --git a/admin/manifest.json b/admin/manifest.json
index 79fb8a130c..d0f3e2f9fc 100644
--- a/admin/manifest.json
+++ b/admin/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "version": "0.5.2",
-  "deb_version": "0.5.2-1",
-  "rpm_version": "0.5.2-1",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
+  "deb_version": "0.5.3-1",
+  "rpm_version": "0.5.3-1",
   "urlbase": "https://d3sqy0vbqsdhku.cloudfront.net"
 }
diff --git a/admin/meteor.spec b/admin/meteor.spec
index 25fe47ef1e..9388c6198e 100644
--- a/admin/meteor.spec
+++ b/admin/meteor.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary: Meteor platform and JavaScript application server
 Vendor: Meteor
 Name: meteor
-Version: 0.5.2
+Version: 0.5.3
 Release: 1
 License: MIT
 Group: Networking/WWW
diff --git a/app/lib/updater.js b/app/lib/updater.js
index 43589b7c66..af6936c6eb 100644
--- a/app/lib/updater.js
+++ b/app/lib/updater.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-exports.CURRENT_VERSION = "0.5.2";
+exports.CURRENT_VERSION = "0.5.3";
 
 var fs = require("fs");
 var http = require("http");
diff --git a/app/meteor/post-upgrade.js b/app/meteor/post-upgrade.js
index 3153a4f449..036dca5d17 100644
--- a/app/meteor/post-upgrade.js
+++ b/app/meteor/post-upgrade.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ try {
   // XXX can't get this from updater.js because in 0.3.7 and before the
   // updater didn't have the right NODE_PATH set. At some point we can
   // remove this and just use updater.CURRENT_VERSION.
-  var VERSION = "0.5.2";
+  var VERSION = "0.5.3";
 
   var fs = require('fs');
   var path = require('path');
diff --git a/docs/client/docs.html b/docs/client/docs.html
index d03097a480..e4c114fff2 100644
--- a/docs/client/docs.html
+++ b/docs/client/docs.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </div>
   <div id="main">
     <div id="top"></div>
-    <h1 class="main-headline">Meteor 0.5.2</h1>
+    <h1 class="main-headline">Meteor 0.5.3</h1>
     {{> introduction }}
     {{> concepts }}
     {{> api }}
diff --git a/docs/client/docs.js b/docs/client/docs.js
index 3413bfa00e..a32fbac4d7 100644
--- a/docs/client/docs.js
+++ b/docs/client/docs.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-METEOR_VERSION = "0.5.2";
+METEOR_VERSION = "0.5.3";
 
 Meteor.startup(function () {
   // XXX this is broken by the new multi-page layout.  Also, it was