diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62b5c6d..1b9d521 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ To use these curation tasks in a DSpace project add the following dependency to
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.github.ilri.cgspace</groupId>
   <artifactId>cgspace-java-helpers</artifactId>
-  <version>5.2</version>
+  <version>5.3</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $ mvn package
 Copy the resulting jar to the DSpace `lib` directory:
 
 ```
-$ cp target/cgspace-java-helpers-5.2.jar ~/dspace/lib
+$ cp target/cgspace-java-helpers-5.3.jar ~/dspace/lib
 ```
 
 ## Configuration
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f5d2283..586236f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.github.ilri.cgspace</groupId>
   <artifactId>cgspace-java-helpers</artifactId>
-  <version>5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.3</version>
 
   <name>cgspace-java-helpers</name>
   <url>https://github.com/ilri/cgspace-java-helpers</url>