diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 527d06da8d..d58ff3f799 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-07-16  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* configure.in: bumped version to 2.5.3.
+
 2008-07-16  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* Made 2.5.2 development release.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index debba963f1..3ce240f7d9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.54)
 
 m4_define([gimp_major_version], [2])
 m4_define([gimp_minor_version], [5])
-m4_define([gimp_micro_version], [2])
+m4_define([gimp_micro_version], [3])
 m4_define([gimp_real_version],
           [gimp_major_version.gimp_minor_version.gimp_micro_version])
 m4_define([gimp_version], [gimp_real_version])