diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index f9b37e4..ed7ad00 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.5.2
+current_version = 0.5.3
 commit = True
 tag = False
 
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 63dba64..7af0537 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ url: 'https://atomrdf.pyscal.org'
 license: "MIT"
 repository-code: https://github.com/pyscal/atomRDF
 type: software
-version: 0.5.2
+version: 0.5.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 612ef77..26e132e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='atomrdf',
-    version='0.5.2',
+    version='0.5.3',
     author='Abril Azocar Guzman, Sarath Menon',
     author_email='sarath.menon@pyscal.org',
     description='Ontology based structural manipulation and quering',