diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 21b283a8e..046408487 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ unison uses git history for that, and thus there is no changelog file.
 
 ## Changes in 2.53.0
 
-NOT YET RELEASED
+Released 2022-11-07
 
   * OCaml >= 4.08 is required to build unison.
   * unison can be built with (unreleased) OCaml 5.
diff --git a/src/Makefile.ProjectInfo b/src/Makefile.ProjectInfo
index 4b0a07060..076dd3af7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.ProjectInfo
+++ b/src/Makefile.ProjectInfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-MAJORVERSION=2.52
+MAJORVERSION=2.53
 
-VERSION=2.52.1
+VERSION=2.53.0
 
 NAME=unison
diff --git a/src/strings.ml b/src/strings.ml
index 4d2ce7800..69012b690 100644
--- a/src/strings.ml
+++ b/src/strings.ml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 let docs =
     ("about", ("About Unison", 
      "Unison File Synchronizer\n\
-      Version 2.52.1\n\
+      Version 2.53.0\n\
       \n\
       "))
 ::