diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7601682cfe86a9acd633c848ca5a2ddd60a1818..fe967394bfdedb27f4b36db6f87b7c9b48aefb1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 *Plan: basic farm model (#16), decouple CairoMakie (#81), test Skylark model (#96, #97)*
 
 
-## [0.5.3] - unreleased
+## [0.5.3] - 31-07-2024
 
-**Switchable crop models (#70)**
+**Switchable crop models**
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -59,13 +59,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   returns height `0cm` if the landscape at that position is not a
   `FarmPlot`.
 
-### Deprecated
-
-### Removed
-
-### Fixed
-
-
 
 ## [0.5.2] - 30-07-2024
 
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 6b2af5922f93f57ad9b6a1dabc3376b549adb4ec..b45508cd43457106c3174fa986ff6e788c684775 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Persefone"
 uuid = "039acd1d-2a07-4b33-b082-83a1ff0fd136"
 authors = ["Daniel Vedder <daniel.vedder@idiv.de>"]
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 
 [deps]
 ArgParse = "c7e460c6-2fb9-53a9-8c5b-16f535851c63"