diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 80c1b7c..4b57d41 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+===============================================================================
+ v0.5.3
+===============================================================================
+Fixed: In Python 2, furl.netloc and furl.origin return strings, not Unicode
+  strings.
+
 ===============================================================================
  v0.5.2
 ===============================================================================
diff --git a/furl/__init__.py b/furl/__init__.py
index a442392..67859cf 100644
--- a/furl/__init__.py
+++ b/furl/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from .furl import *
 
 __title__ = 'furl'
-__version__ = '0.5.2'
+__version__ = '0.5.3'
 __license__ = 'Unlicense'
 __author__ = 'Arthur Grunseid'
 __contact__ = 'grunseid@gmail.com'